![]() ![]() The shrewd and determined spinster of this parish that is Miss Marple is portrayed with steely warmth by Geraldine McEwan, whose ability to be unpleasantly stern is smartly tempered into an appealing eccentricity. The first of the series, “The Body in the Library” has these in large measure with director Andy Wilson and cinematographer Martin Fuhrer exploiting Jeff Tessler’s period design to please the eye while Kevin Elyot’s slyly witty dialogue delights the ear. The new film series featuring amateur sleuth Miss Marple is a perfect example.Ĭhristie’s now quaint stories also benefit from lively scripting, crisp direction and evocative design. ![]() LONDON – One of the great legacies of the Agatha Christie mystery canon is the rich vein of weird and wonderful characters she left for Britain’s vast array of character actors to mine. ![]()
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Left to their own devices for a considerable length of time, these employees resort to drastic measures in a bid to survive. ![]() I was initially drawn to the book cover for Mike Bockoven’s FantasticLand, with its eerie image of an empty fairground Ferris Wheel, before Amazon’s synopsis intrigued me further The book’s description sets the scene of a disaster stricken amusement park in Florida, where a large number of college-age employees must fight for survival, after being cut off from both modern technology and the rest of society. ![]() ![]() Luke wakes up in a room almost identical to his own at "the Institute," a facility secretly located deep in the forests of Maine. One night, intruders silently murder Luke's parents and kidnap him. 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Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. ![]() Rebel of the Sands is Hamiltons debut novel and she wrote two more books to make it a trilogy. ![]() The New York Times bestselling novel by the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Author of 2016, published in 15 countries! She is known for her bestselling young adult book Rebel of the Sands. ![]() |