Overbearing, Rich, and Idiomatic: The Americans of Agatha Christie

It's time to discuss those pesky Americans who appear in the
Christie canon, and answer such burning questions as: Are all
Americans millionaires? (Alas, no.) Do all Americans speak solely
by way of idiom? (Happily, no.) I was also able to answer a ton
of mailbag questions, which involved one hundred percent more
Spice Girls than I expected it to.


The following titles are spoiled to varying degrees in this
episode: The Actress; After the Funeral; The Big Four; A
Caribbean Mystery; Cat Among the Pigeons; Death on the Nile;
Destination Unknown; Endless Night; Evil Under the Sun; Lord
Edgware Dies; The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side; Motive v.
Opportunity; The Mousetrap (though only in a minor way), Mrs.
McGinty’s Dead; A Murder is Announced, Murder on the Orient
Express; The Soul of the Croupier; Sparkling Cyanide; They Do It
With Mirrors.


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