This past week, Kate answered many questions about Agatha Christie at the Barnes and Noble Agatha Christie TV discussion.
Kate’s session were timed to support PBS’ airing Six by Agatha, a half-dozen whodunits by the famed British author through July 26. (Check your local TV listings for the times and date.)
Kate’s knowledge of Agatha Christie reaches beyond her role as editor in chief and co-publisher of Mystery Scene.
For about five years she was the director of the Agatha Christie Society.
If you sign up for the Masterpiece e-newsletter for program alerts, you can be entered to win a set of “Six by Agatha” books. Christie fans — and that includes a lot of us — should enjoy Kate’s session.
If you missed Kate’s session, it’s still up and easy to access. It includes some interesting discussions about Christie, including her American father, her disappearance and her books.
There’s also some favorite quotes about Miss Marple such as:
“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.”
—Reverend Leonard Clement speaking of Miss Marple, The Murder at the Vicarage, 1930, by Agatha Christie
It is true, of course, that I have lived what is called a very uneventful life, but I have had a lot of experiences in solving different little problems that have arisen.
—Jane Marple, The Tuesday Club Murders, 1932, by Agatha Christie
“The worst is so often true.”
—Miss Jane Marple, They Do It with Mirrors, 1952, by Agatha Christie
“You can only really get under anybody’s skin if you are married to them.”
—Miss Jane Marple, The Body in the Library, 1942, by Agatha Christie
PHOTO: Benedict Cumberbatch as Luke Fitzwilliam and Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple in Murder Is Easy to air Sunday July 12. PBS photo