Fitting together Quote by Rita Tushingham

I've always been a mystery fan. My very first grown-up book, I distinctly remember going to the library and my mom helping me pick…

— Gillian Flynn

I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when I was…

— Natasha Trethewey

I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the…

— Stephen Sondheim

For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and…

— John Updike

I'm obsessed with Agatha Christie, my favourite film is 'Death On the Nile.'

— Joanna Page

I decided to read something I normally hate: a cosy mystery. You know one of those mysteries where everything is tidily wrapped up at…

— Justine Larbalestier

I just knew it would be good fun playing Agatha Christie.

— Helen Baxendale

I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a…

— Alan Bradley

I read all the Agatha Christies when I was younger and like Sherlock Holmes. Crime fiction has always fascinated me, but I'll read anything…

— Emilia Fox

Having done several of them and also loving other kinds of movies, I'm also tougher on suspense stories in terms of finding one that…

— Curtis Hanson

I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British…

— Maureen Johnson