Overbearing, Rich, and Idiomatic: The Americans of Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

It's time to discuss those pesky Americans who appear in the Christie canon, and answer such burning questions as: Are all Americans millionaires? (Alas, no.) Do all Americans speak solely by way of idiom? (Happily, no.) I was also able to answer a ton of mailbag questions, which involved one hundred percent more Spice Girls than I expected it to.

The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this episode: The Actress; After the Funeral; The Big Four; A Caribbean Mystery; Cat Among the Pigeons; Death on the Nile; Destination Unknown; Endless Night; Evil Under the Sun; Lord Edgware Dies; The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side; Motive v. Opportunity; The Mousetrap (though only in a minor way), Mrs. McGinty’s Dead; A Murder is Announced, Murder on the Orient Express; The Soul of the Croupier; Sparkling Cyanide; They Do It With Mirrors.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie.
0:15.5	I am Kemper Donovan and if you couldn't tell from that opening music we are doing
0:20.3	something a little different today. July 4th is coming up, listeners, the date on which
0:27.6	we here in the United States celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence,
0:34.3	which kicked off the Revolutionary War,
0:36.8	or the American War of Independence,
0:39.0	as I believe it is known in some circles.
0:41.4	And I figured, cheeky American that I am, what better opportunity to discuss
0:47.6	the Americans in Agatha Christie? Because there are a lot of them, and I knew this before I prepared for this
0:54.3	episode but I don't think I realized to what extent there are a ton of Americans
1:00.8	littering the Christie Cannon.
1:03.6	So that is going to be the topic of our episode.
1:06.5	But first, I just want to get spoilers out of the way.
1:10.2	This is going to be another spoiler heavy episode and the plots to the following
1:16.4	titles will be discussed slash spoiled in ways ranging from extremely tangential and minor to thorough and major.
1:26.0	So here goes.
1:28.0	The actress after the funeral, the big four, a Caribbean mystery, cat among the pigeons, death on the Nile, destination unknown, endless night, evil under the sun, Lord Edgware dies, the mirror cracked from side to side, motive versus opportunity, the
1:48.1	mouse trap, though once again only in a minor tangential way.
1:52.4	Mrs. McGinty is dead, a murderer is announced. a
1:53.7	tangential way. Mrs. McGinty's dead. A murder is announced.
1:55.0	Murder on the Orient Express. The soul of the Crepeier,
1:59.4	sparkling cyanide, and finally, they do it with mirrors. If you are worried about any of those
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