“As much as I adore Agatha Christie - and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general - it's often a very conservative mode of storytelling. Usually it's the greedy, climbing, new-money slimeball who wants to take from the aristocracy.” PeopleThinkingWantMysteryClaimsMurderConservativeStorytellingClimbingAdoreGreedyAristocracyChristieMurder Mysteries Author:Christopher Bollen
“My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.” DoeBookFactsMotherLinesNovelMysteryAdventureDadMurderMy DadObsessionSpyGrandmaMachoMy GrandmaMurder MysteriesAdventure BooksShoguns Author:Christopher Bollen
“I would stay at my grandma's house on my birthday every year and I remember she had a bookshelf of murder mystery books along with really frightening books, like one on Jack the Ripper. She also had a poster of a shark in the closet which also terrified me at the time.” YearsBookRememberHouseMysteryMurderFrighteningTerrifiedClosetsGrandmaSharksPostersMy BirthdayBookshelvesMy GrandmaJack The RipperMurder MysteriesGrandma's House Author:Christopher Bollen
