Warning: Spoiler-Free for the first 10 minutes; spoiler-heavy review afterwards! Teresa and Bill Peschel are talking about mysterious mediums, a wise child, post-war traumas, and water in the basement, a LOT of water in the basement. It’s “A Haunting in Venice,” the 2023 Hercule Poirot movie starring Sir Kenneth Branaugh in his third outing as Poirot and Tiny Fey as Ariadne Oliver.  Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about a night at the opera, comical assassinations, suitcase nukes, and seaside resorts. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “N or M?” from 2015 starring David Walliams and Jessica Raine as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about queen bees, Soho whorehouses, sugar millionaires, and Commie infiltration. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Secret Adversary” from 2015 starring David Walliams and Jessica Raine as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about Egyptian queens, gossip kings, snooping party guests, and adoptions gone wrong. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side” from 2010 starring Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple and Joanna Lumley as Dolly Bantry.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete,...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about scarlet pimpernels, Belgian refugees, blown marriage proposals, and spill vases. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” from the Poirot series starring David Suchet.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about sleazy directors, pompous playwrights, alcoholic detectives and a murderous Agatha Christie. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “See How They Run,” a meta parody of the production of “The Mousetrap” starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete,...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about staged accidents, movable plasters, carnival rides, and cross-dressing heroines. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Blue Geranium,” a Miss Marple episode starring Julia McKenzie.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about staged accidents, movable plasters, carnival rides, and cross-dressing heroines. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?,” the 2020 adaptation by Hugh Laurie.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels.   Look for “Agatha...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about creepy flashbacks, rock climbing, old-fashioned tugboats, and the workings of fate. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss Desyat Negrityat, the 1987 Soviet version of “Ten Little Indians.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about strange visions, helpful assistants, seaside comedy shows, and magical summers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Sleeping Murder,” the 2006 episode of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple starring Geraldine McEwan.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review!   We’re serious.   Don’t listen if you want to read “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” first.   This week, we’re talking about endless rain, morose Russians, Orson Welles, and the golden age of cruising. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Poirot’s Failure,” the 2002 Russian adaptation of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press!...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about abusive husbands, musical numbers, young lovers, and comic butlers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Mist” (Dhund) the 1975 Bollywood adaptation of “The Unexpected Guest.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about sleazy gangsters, musical numbers, young lovers, and comic butlers. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Unknown” (Gumnaan) the 1965 Bollywood adaptation of “And Then There Were None,” with an all-star Indian cast.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about sleazy Argentinians, ballroom dancers, ambitious Girl Guides, and old fools. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Body in the Library” the 2004 episode from Agatha Christie’s Marple starring Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of the complete, annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete,...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about crusading prosecutors, aging courtesans, murderous villains and strangers on a train. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the “Murder on the Orient Express” episode from “Checkmate” the Chinese TV series that debuted this year. Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of complete, uncensored, and annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about weird wills, Catholic ballet dancers, panting painters, and spying servants. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 1987 “4.50 from Paddington,” starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about refugees, Communists, rustic pig farmers, and coffee. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 1985 “A Murder Is Announced,” starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated uncensored Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about nursery governesses, patient attorneys, foreign doctors, and PP letters. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 1985 “The Moving Finger,” starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about betrayed soldiers, betrayed lovers, betrayed immigrants, and betrayed children. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss Ils étaient dix, “They Were Ten,” the 2020 French miniseries version of “And Then There Were None” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about friendly guard puppies, ballet dances, Las Vegas showgirls, and Greek tycoons. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2017 movie “Crooked House.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels:...

Apologies for uploading last week's episode! Now corrected! Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about incompetent reporters, incompetent investigators, louche playwrights and Bridgette Bardot lookalikes. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Petits meurtres en famille,” the French television adaptation of “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about incompetent reporters, incompetent investigators, louche playwrights and Bridgette Bardot lookalikes. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Jeux de glaces,” the French television adaptation of “They Do It With Mirrors” in the series “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about seductive schoolgirls, coup d-tats, secret daughters, and renegade nuns. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Le chat et les souris,” the French television adaptation of “Cat Among the Pigeons” in the series “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete,...

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about silk stockings, drunken detectives, feuding families, and burning bums. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “Les meurtes ABC,” the French television adaptation of “The ABC Murders” in the series “Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie.” Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel. Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of...