Kate's Blog

I was recently walking on a beach, which reminded me that “beach-comber” is a word defined in Agatha Annotated. Christie uses it to describe a character in the short story “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb,” and today’s readers may not be familiar with the history of the term.

It's been great fun to talk "Lost Lingo" with Agatha Christie fans in Florida, but we'll be wrapping up our "southern tour" this week.

Writers gotta write. But they like to eat, too, and have a roof over their heads, and enjoy other reasonably nice things. So becoming profitable is a goal worth pursuing.

Super excited to share a calendar with a fabulous group of musicians, actors, and historians who are all performing at the Monroe County libraries in the Florida Keys! Don and I have our first event on Thursday, February 12, at the Big Pine Library. 

You won’t find Mrs. Macatta in the new Seven Dials on Netflix. You won’t find her in the original Seven Dials novel either, because she never makes it to the Wyvern Abbey house party. But it’s interesting to take a further look at her character.