Ep 066 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agat...

I don't care if Monday's blue, Tuesday's grey and - wait, Morrie's here. Tuesday's not so bad after all! Mitch Albom's breakthrough account of his meetings with the late Morrie Schwartz includes some moving lessons about how facing death head-on can help you lead life to the full ...  Show more

This week's book examines the Asian-American experience through the age-old phenomenon of Hollywood typecasting. And there's an intentionally porous line that separates this book's "reality" from the rest of it, which kind-of-sort-of takes place inside of a formulaic police proce ...  Show more

Agatha Christie was a great writer of murder mystery novels and is probably the best selling author of all time. Listen in today to learn her story.

Like Lenny Kravitz, sometimes you want to get away. That was Agatha Christie in 1926. Why did the most famous mystery novelist in the world want to disappear? Hint: her husband. But there's so much more. And it all gets... ridiculous!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform ...  Show more

As we wrap up our second Agatha Christie novel, we wanted to take a moment to learn about the author. Phoebe speaks with James Prichard, Agatha Christie's great-grandson. Our other shows are Criminal and This is Love. Donate to Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Learn more about your ad cho ...  Show more

This episode originally appeared on Short History Of… read by John Hopkins. If you like what you hear, search ‘Short History Of’ in your podcast app and hit follow or weekly episodes. Detectives Don’t sleep will be back next week. Retaining the title of the “Queen of Crime” to th ...  Show more