![]() I guess it makes sense because, until JK Rowling, the only female authors in literary history were Jane Austen and Agatha Christie. Once again, we’re faced with another female writer being compared to Agatha Christie. Something writers these days tend to struggle with. She didn’t need gimmicks or excess plot to distract her readers. ![]() She wasn’t an indulgent writer because she understood how to craft the perfect whodunnit. Her books are light on detail and character study because they don’t need it. She had the ability to shock and she knew exactly what her readers wanted. She understood people, she understood motivation, and she understood murder. Here’s the thing: Agatha Christie knew what she was doing. ![]() By small scale, I mean not one of these overly dark, psychological thrillers but more of a slow burner that revolves around a domestic or small setting. It seems as though all you need to do these days to be compared to her is either mention her/her books or write a small scale crime thriller. Modern readers really underestimate her skills. ![]() I know we have the same conversation every time some new contemporary author is compared to Agatha Christie but it’s the kind of thing that bears repeating. ![]()
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