Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging. Sophie Hannah agathabookchallenge Change image and share on social
Agatha Christie never wrote books that just started with a dead body, and a 'Let's find out who the murderer is', which is kind of mysterious but not that mysterious. She always started with, 'How can this thing be happening; isn't it strange?' Sophie Hannah agathabodybook share on social
Try as I might, Agatha Christie is unique. The actual writing style can't be exactly the same, so instead of trying to replicate it exactly, the way I got around it was by inventing a new narrator. Sophie Hannah actualagathachristie Change image and share on social
In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters three and 11. Sophie Hannah bigchaptercrime Change image and share on social
I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isn't happening. Sophie Hannah dynamicdysfunctionalencounter Change image and share on social
The crimes in my books are committed by people who can't keep it together any more. They do something to express their own pain, and that has a terrible effect on somebody else. Sophie Hannah bookcommitcrime Change image and share on social
Reading is the only area of my life in which I prefer to be non-autonomous. Sophie Hannah areaautonomouslife Change image and share on social
I am actually incredibly contented and jolly. But, and I have no idea why this is, I have a really strong empathy with all kinds of warped and destructive modes of thinking. I don't know why, but those things co-exist. Sophie Hannah contentdestructiveempathy share on social
Just because someone has stylistic limitations doesn't necessarily make them a worse writer. Sophie Hannah badlylimitationmake Change image and share on social
I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I'm like, 'Gah, this obviously isn't a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?' Sophie Hannah bookcarrycrime share on social
