Stamp Out by espionage thriller writer Ido Graf is a new Agatha Christie style detective whodunnit. It is full of twists and it keeps you guessing until the last as to who the killer or killers are. Set in and around London in the ancient legal quarter the book begins with brutal death with no obvious motive. But it soon becomes clear that a motive did exist, though not an obvious one. If you enjoy crime fiction then you will love this book which oozes charm.
Written in the Agatha Christie style, Stamp out is a quick and exciting read which gives an insight into an archaic world riven with intrigue.
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Agatha Christie is the Queen of crime fiction. A superb writer who set the bar for crime, mystery and thriller writers to come such as Dashiell Hammett, Peter James and Brad Thor. The detective novel, Death on the Nile, was published first in 1937 to great acclaim.
Death on the Nile features the Belgian (not French) detective Hercule Poirot. The action occurs in Egypt and mostly on a steamer called the Karnak on the River Nile.
On holiday in Egypt, aboard a boat which is sailing along the Nile on a tour, Hercule Poirot is contacted by socialite Linnet Doyle. Linnet asks that he try to stop Jacqueline de Bellefort from stalking her. Jacqueline was a former friend. Linnet had married Jacqueline’s ex-fiancé, Simon Doyle. Jacqueline had not taken it well. Poirot does not work for Linnet thought he does try to speak to Jacqueline and make her see reason.
One morning, Linnet is found dead. She was shot in the head and her valuable pearls had disappeared. And so starts one of the most famous crime novels ever written. It has elegance, dramatic locations, history and intrigue while being peppered with misdirection. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie is a superb mystery detective fiction novel. Well worth a read.
The novel, Death on the Nile, was made into a film in 1978 starring Peter Ustinov. It was again made into a film starring Kenneth Branagh and was released in 2022.
Written by Rian Johnson, you can see Glass Onion on Netflix. It is well worth the Watch!
It is a lavish production which has an outstanding cast including James Bond star Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Madelyn Cline, Kathryn Hahn, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.
This film was released in 2022 and is a murder mystery film with hints of Agatha Christie. Johnson had indicated that he wanted to write a whodunnit in the style of stories he liked such as Evil Under the Sun and Death on the Nile. He has done so with great style! Glass Onion as it is known is the sequel to the Knives Out film which was released in 2019. Daniel Craig plays the role of super sleuth detective Benoit Blanc. He is tasked with unravelling crimes relating to the tech billionaire Miles Bron. The character Bron is superbly played by the talented actor, Edward Norton. This beautifully crafted movie was filmed in Belgrade and the Greek Island of Spetses. It has received great acclaim from reviewers and It was listed as one of the top ten films of 2022 by the National Board of Review. It also received two nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards.
Netflix bought the rights to two Knives Out sequels in 2019 for a whopping 469 million US Dollars.
I do not wish to spoil your viewing by giving away the plot. However, during the pandemic the billionaire Miles Bron holds a murder mystery game at his home, the Glass Onion, which is located on his private island in Greece. He invites several friends and the renowned detective Benoit Blanc. And from there the intricate plot with beautiful cinematography unfolds!
Owen Gleiberman of Variety said of Glass Onion that it is “a bigger, showier, even more elaborately multi-faceted shell-game mystery” than the first film.
See Glass Onion on Netflix and prepare yourself for a most unusual and visually exciting murder mystery fiction experience
