A Special HALLOWE'EN SPOOKTACULAR Episode: In a Glass Darkly by Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

'Tis the season for a spooky Christie story, and this one does not disappoint. On the contrary, I would argue it raises the bar by marrying elements of the supernatural and the rational, all in one text. Apparently you can have a trick and a treat; you don't have to choose!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single mystery
0:11.1	novel written by the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie.
0:15.6	I am Kemper Donovan, and welcome to my Halloween spooktacular episode.
0:26.3	Before I get started on my offering today, I have some really exciting news hot off the
0:31.0	presses.
0:32.0	I have a UK book deal for my upcoming mystery, the busy body.
0:38.3	That's right.
0:39.3	I will be coming to you in the United Kingdom.
0:42.0	The book is coming out just about one week later in the UK on the 1st of February 2024.
0:49.2	When I have a pre-order link for you, I will share it.
0:51.9	I'm so excited.
0:53.7	Many of you have asked me about this, and I was really hoping that I would find a UK partner
0:59.8	for the book before it came out in the US.
1:03.3	And I have more to come on that front.
1:05.5	And of course, for all of you in the US and Australia and New Zealand, you can always
1:10.4	click on the link that I provide in the show notes to pre-order my book.
1:14.5	All right.
1:15.5	Here today to discuss in a glass darkly, a spooky short story by Ag of the Christie.
1:23.1	But first, I have some housekeeping, and by some housekeeping, I made a lot of housekeeping
1:28.9	to go over with all of you.
1:31.1	As I usually do in the housekeeping portion of these episodes, I'm going to start with
1:36.5	comments about the more recent episodes of the podcast and then work my way backward.
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