How powerful would you consider the irony, if the world’s greatest crime fiction writer was to be sucked into a real life mystery in which she herself takes centre stage? Will Mrs. Christie fall victim to the schemes of a mad doctor or will she use her expertise to escape his dangerous game?
DCI Will Scott faces his darkest challenge yet; a serial killer is on the loose and dead bodies are showing up left, right and centre in a rapid race against time. With bureaucracy and the media interfering in his investigation, will the detective make it to the finish line before his killer gets away?
The past comes to haunt a wealthy gentleman in Agatha Christie’s novel the Murder on the Links. In the story Poirot faces a surprising adversary and an old murder mystery is used as the key to solving a new crime.
Entering the beautiful Bertram’s hotel in London is like travelling back in time; for Miss Marple it is a trip down memory lane. But what truly lies behind the polite smiles of the staff and impeccable service? Is the elegant décor and the charming atmosphere a front for something rotten and horrible?
During my last trip to Italy I had the pleasure of visiting Turin, one of the most beautiful cities in the country. At the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 20th century, the city was rife with scientists, doctors and men of culture. One of them was Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), often referred to as the father of criminology. Continue reading
Imagine 1930, a group of writers, London, Murderers , Victims. And a skull named Eric. This is basically the Detection Club in a nut shell. But let’s bite into the mistery…
The Dumb Witnesses were at the second edition of “Bodies From The Library“, the most anticipated event in the crime fiction scene and the most loved by the Golden Age fan! A full immersion in crime fiction with a rich programme and a brainy quiz that got us all entangled! But let’s start from the beginning… Continue reading
Here is the second and final part of the exclusive article written by Dr. John Curran about the theatrical version of “Them Hollow”, our Book of the Month!
How you should all know, “The Hollow” is our Book of the Month, and very kindly our friend and maximum expert of everything Christie, Dr John Curran, has gifted us with a very pretty jewel, an exclusive only for the Dumb Witnesses. Without hesitation, let’s start diving in the first part of Dr Curran’s article!
Except for the odd footprint and the few remnants of Turkish cigarette butts, Agatha Christie rarely gave us a murder mystery that wasn’t driven by the basic human nature of people. She once said, “Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend” which makes me think that criminals do, in fact, exist among us and could potentially be one of us. More than that, a sensationalised crime sparks the curiosity of the general public and soon we’re all hooked to our tellies or furiously scrolling down our screens looking for the latest update on the current case gripping the nation. Human nature, then, has a natural tendency to be fascinated by the macabre.
