Kate's Blog

Recently researching the London department store Selfridges, I was surprised to find there was a strong connection to Chicago, the city in whose suburbs I have spent most of my life. Maybe you already knew? Well, here’s the story for the rest of us:

Are you a fan of the 1974 movie based on Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express? It will be shown by the Lake Park Film Appreciation Society on Wednesday, March 12. The Society's organizer, Don Fulmer, will lead a discussion on the film and he has asked me to speak a little, too. 

We have talked about it forever, but hosting an Agatha Annotated podcast was way down on the To-Do List. Now that we’ve checked off a few tasks, however, it may be time.

I'll be participating in the Schaumburg Library Local Author Fair on Saturday, March 8. There wasn't a fair last year due to some renovation work, but it's back this spring! 

During a recent reread of The Seven Dials Mystery, I became very aware of the word “old,” as it is used in the slang of the young people staying at Chimneys, and I started wondering about it. Naturally, I had to do some research.