https://jcbernthal.com/about/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/jamie.jpgjamiehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/m6oo45qd-a86lxb8440340x340.jpgm6oo45qd-a86lxb84@340x340https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cwa-logo-member-black.jpgcwa-logo-member-blackhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jamie.pngjamiehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jcbernthal.pngjcbernthal2025-10-21T21:03:29+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2025/10/20/clue-dont/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2-1.png2-1https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/09bc67bc-65fe-489a-ba07-0572239a0c94.jpg09bc67bc-65fe-489a-ba07-0572239a0c942025-10-21T20:45:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/publications-2/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/book-20-cover-151543-800x600-1.pngbook-20-cover-151543-800x600https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cludeont.jpgCludeonthttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/killing-sherlock.jpgKilling-Sherlockhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/midsummer-mysteries-short-stories-isbn-9781804177266.0.jpgmidsummer-mysteries-short-stories-isbn-9781804177266.0https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/screenshot-2024-03-17-at-16.13.45-1360205774-e1710887535815.pngStudiesInCrimeWriting2025-10-21T20:43:26+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/events-organised/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/photo-2023-05-02-11-30-17.jpgPHOTO-2023-05-02-11-30-17https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ga-circle.webpGA - Circlehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-2.pngAdd-a-little-bit-of-body-text-2https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/unknown-3-e1627146449554.jpegUnknown-3https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/screen-shot-2017-11-09-at-14-23-54.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-09 at 14.23.54https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/logo3.pnglogo3https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/208113_477001195687942_1980454278_n1.jpg208113_477001195687942_1980454278_n[1]https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10264363_838346139525237_752159441_n1.jpg10264363_838346139525237_752159441_n[1]https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10276348_838346136191904_966910532_n1.jpg10276348_838346136191904_966910532_n[1]https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bqaxsbzimaaev2o1.jpgImage from Queens of Crime, a conference I organised in July 20142025-10-21T19:32:00+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/media/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/images.jpegimageshttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/inconversarion.jpginconversarionhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/episodeart-bernthal1.jpgEpisodeArt-Bernthal1https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/600x600bb.webp600x600bbhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gtv4ronx0aac-nc.jpegGTV4ROnX0AAc-nChttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gpt5svyxcaasjrv.jpegGPt5sVyXcAAsjrVhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/p0dfhxd2.jpegp0dfhxd2https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-2.jpegdownload-2https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/p06vh635.jpegp06vh635https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/download-1.jpegdownload-12025-10-21T19:13:30+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2025/09/29/new-substack-the-christie-catch-up/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/chjpdmf0zs9zdgf0awmvaw1hz2uvd2vic2l0zs8ymdiylta0l2xyl2zydhlwzxdyaxrlcl9xd2vydf9rzxlzx3r5cgutaw1hz2uta3liy2rszheuanbn.webpAntique typewriter2025-10-20T08:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/09/07/coming-soon-ten-little-mysteries/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ten-little-mysteries-full-proof-cover-1.jpgten little mysteries full proof cover (1)2025-09-07T10:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/08/26/first-two-pages/2025-08-26T22:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/07/27/double-crossing-van-dine/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/vandine_paperbackcover.webpVanDine_PaperbackCover2025-07-27T11:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/07/07/winner-cwa-short-story-dagger/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/518328083_10234152127959578_3969543144029262944_n.jpg518328083_10234152127959578_3969543144029262944_nhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/gu9swxnxoaabart.jpegGu9sWXnXoAABaRT2025-07-27T11:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/teaching-2/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/y-_eher8.jpgy-_EhER82025-06-14T16:37:39+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2025/06/03/shortlisted-for-the-cwa-short-story-dagger/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bafkreih2d5drczogprls5ql7nwzdno4l66oombuytolysqnsxd2y2awpru.jpgbafkreih2d5drczogprls5ql7nwzdno4l66oombuytolysqnsxd2y2awpru2025-06-03T16:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/05/03/a-maestro-is-announced/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image_processing20250424-229-m28d6h.jpgimage_processing20250424-229-m28d6h2025-05-06T19:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/03/16/call-for-papers-golden-age-crime-fiction-conference/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ga2025-poster-gold-copy.jpgga2025-poster-gold copyhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ga2025-poster-gold-e1742143720791.webpga2025-poster-gold2025-04-21T16:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2025/03/06/why-should-people-read-fiction/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pexels-photo-46274.jpegbook opened on white surface selective focus photographyPhoto by Caio on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/book-opened-on-white-surface-selective-focus-photography-46274/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2025-03-06T19:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2024/09/02/new-fiction-book/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/midsummer-mysteries-short-stories-isbn-9781804177266.0.jpgmidsummer-mysteries-short-stories-isbn-9781804177266.0https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/img_7854.jpgIMG_78542024-09-02T17:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2024/08/12/book-2-0/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/book-20-cover-151543-290x400-1.pngbook-20-cover-151543-290x4002024-08-12T20:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/books-ive-endorsed/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bookcovers.pngbookcovershttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/west.pngwesthttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nelson.jpegnelsonhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/green.jpggreenhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pugh.jpegpugh_ucbl_cover design.inddhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/prideaux.jpegprideauxhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/clanton.jpegclanton2024-03-30T22:21:27+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2024/01/19/call-for-proposals-golden-age-detection-goes-to-war/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/0f9331f3-1d6f-4b96-a185-17318bcc79a4.jpg0f9331f3-1d6f-4b96-a185-17318bcc79a42024-01-19T20:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2023/12/09/two-ghostly-calls-for-papers/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/pexels-photo-970517.jpegclose up photo of skullPhoto by Mitja Juraja on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-skull-970517/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/gassrq3w8aa88t3.jpeggassrq3w8aa88t3https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ga2d9awxkamumey.jpegga2d9awxkamumey2023-12-09T14:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2023/11/10/wanted-your-mystery-fiction/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/untitled-design.jpgUntitled design2023-11-17T18:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2023/10/14/why-no-updates/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/381063196_785725133562025_2281113178572900071_n.jpg381063196_785725133562025_2281113178572900071_n2023-10-14T08:57:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2023/05/01/new-york-new-york/2023-05-01T20:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2023/02/26/call-for-papers-the-mysterious-mrs-christie/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/logo-ac-web-medium.pnglogo-ac-web-medium2023-02-26T14:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2023/01/01/call-for-submissions-teaching-crime-fiction-as-creative-writing/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/pexels-photo-7551637.jpega man in white shirt is sitting beside an elderly manPhoto by Kampus Production on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-in-white-shirt-is-sitting-beside-an-elderly-man-7551637/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2023-01-22T09:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2022/10/15/published-the-bloomsbury-handbook-to-agatha-christie/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ffikgzoxeaec_mu.jpegFfIKgzOXEAEC_mu2022-10-15T18:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2022/09/23/launching-suffolks-centre-culture-and-heritage-with-lucy-worsley/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220921_142947-1.jpg20220921_142947-1https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uos-agatha-christie-51.jpeguos-agatha-christie-51https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uos-agatha-christie-24.jpeguos-agatha-christie-24https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uos-agatha-christie-54.jpeguos-agatha-christie-54https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uos-agatha-christie-45.jpeguos-agatha-christie-45https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uos-agatha-christie-22.jpeguos-agatha-christie-22https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220921_142947.jpg20220921_142947https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uos-agatha-christie-6.jpegUoS - Agatha Christie-62022-10-07T16:44:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2022/09/18/international-agatha-christie-festival-2022-a-write-up/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/306989169_10229001873778354_3803638302967346205_n-1.jpeg306989169_10229001873778354_3803638302967346205_n-1https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/see-how-they-run-poster.jpegsee-how-they-run-posterhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/306989169_10229001873778354_3803638302967346205_n.jpeg306989169_10229001873778354_3803638302967346205_nhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_4671-2.jpgimg_4671-2https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_4661.jpgimg_4661https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_4632.jpgimg_4632https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_4595-2.jpgimg_4595-2https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/61hae0hb3hl.jpeg61hae0hb3hlhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fcsirdlxoaaxth-.jpegfcsirdlxoaaxth-https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_649986e03913-1.jpegimg_649986e03913-12022-09-19T11:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2022/06/26/the-golden-age-of-crime-a-glorious-conference-in-bournemouth/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/289789865_7592195704187402_6636580299294567846_n.jpeg289789865_7592195704187402_6636580299294567846_nhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/11968672-d3ad-4f9d-b26f-2d39c46dee7d.jpg11968672-d3ad-4f9d-b26f-2d39c46dee7dhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/9c28f465-23c2-42ce-ae37-fde7a50b62aa.jpg9c28f465-23c2-42ce-ae37-fde7a50b62aahttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/289585780_7592201800853459_1309256806957405372_n.jpeg289585780_7592201800853459_1309256806957405372_n2022-06-26T15:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2022/05/19/stop-saying-wagatha-christie/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sparkling.jpegsparklinghttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/galgodot.jpggalgodothttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wagatha.jpegwagathahttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/court.jpgcourt2022-05-19T22:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/contact/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/561654_398041360269575_1101495654_n1.jpg561654_398041360269575_1101495654_n[1]A good friend drew this picture of me with my best buddy, a cuddly alien called Biscuit in 2012 (resemblances to the Toy Story alien are coincidental)2022-05-09T17:17:38+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2021/09/17/agatha-christie-and-the-dartmoor-mystery/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dartmoor-prison-via-dartmoor-prison-co-uk.jpgDartmoor Prison via Dartmoor prison co uk2021-09-17T21:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/freelance-research-public-speaking/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/agathaformula1.jpgagathaformula12021-07-24T17:44:57+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2021/06/30/a-glut-of-golden-age-events/2021-06-30T20:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2020/05/08/george-n-dove-award-2020/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/picture-1.pngPicture 12020-05-08T20:35:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2020/04/01/the-leopold-and-loeb-case/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/19240721trib05-300x185-1.jpg19240721trib05-300x185https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/leopold_and_loebs_ransom_note_for_bobby_franks.jpgLeopold_and_Loeb's_ransom_note_for_Bobby_Frankshttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/image.pngimagehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/image.jpegimagehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rope_1948_nathan_leopold_and_richard_loeb-1.jpgRope_1948_Nathan_Leopold_and_Richard_Loeb-12020-04-01T14:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2020/01/29/exciting-panel-with-great-crime-writers/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/https-cdn.evbuc_.com-images-89014869-347000032419-1-original.20200123-144154.jpeghttps---cdn.evbuc.com-images-89014869-347000032419-1-original.20200123-1441542020-01-29T21:53:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2019/12/05/out-now-agatha-christie-goes-to-war/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/9780367208523.jpg97803672085232019-12-08T18:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2019/06/23/all-about-the-queen-of-crime/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/48374604_10156762070931101_7657598265503776768_n.jpg48374604_10156762070931101_7657598265503776768_n2019-06-23T11:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2019/04/27/new-jessica-brick-story/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6.jpg62019-04-27T10:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2019/01/24/call-for-papers-agatha-christie-investigating-the-queen-of-crime/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/agatha-christie.pngagatha christie2019-01-24T12:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2018/12/29/review-the-abc-murders-bbc-2018/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/39105863_294080327841931_2750266498218983424_n.jpg39105863_294080327841931_2750266498218983424_nhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/39083383_2079047565462928_3613535215110062080_n.jpg39083383_2079047565462928_3613535215110062080_nBehind the scenes!https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/39205243_281367092659190_7646933445095981056_n.jpg39205243_281367092659190_7646933445095981056_nYour favourite queer academic in-characterhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/p16306812_b_v8_aa.jpgp16306812_b_v8_aaWARNING: Embargoed for publication until 09:30:01 on 22/11/2018 - Programme Name: The ABC Murders - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: ** IMAGE EMBARGOED UNTIL 0930HRS THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2018** L-R Hercule Poirot (JOHN MALKOVICH), Mrs Rose Marbury (SHIRLEY HENDERSON), Franklin Clarke (ANDREW BUCHAN), Thora (FREYA MAVOR), Inspector Crome (RUPERT GRINT), Lady Hermione Clarke (TARA FITZGERALD), Cust (EAMON FARREN) - (C) Mammoth Screen/Agatha Christie Ltd - Photographer: Charlie Gray and Ben Blackallhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MV5BYmJmNzU0NTgtOGM5Ni00MWJiLTgwZmMtNDIyNjYzZDAzNzI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjExMjk0ODk@._V1_.jpgMV5BYmJmNzU0NTgtOGM5Ni00MWJiLTgwZmMtNDIyNjYzZDAzNzI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjExMjk0ODk@._V1_2018-12-29T18:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2018/11/30/queer-clues-on-shedunnit/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/image.pngimage2018-11-30T17:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2018/10/23/a-sign-of-the-crimes/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image.pngimagehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/a-sign-of-the-crimes.pngA SIGN OF THE CRIMES2018-10-23T09:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/fiction/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/queeringagathachristie.jpgqueeringagathachristiehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/deadinthewater.jpgdeadinthewaterhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jessicabrickinvestigates.jpgjessicabrickinvestigateshttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-six-deathsofexcalibur-braille-2.jpgThe Six DeathsofExcalibur Braille-2https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2017-10-13-at-08-09-32.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-13 at 08.09.32https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2017-10-13-at-08-09-50.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-13 at 08.09.50https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2017-10-13-at-08-09-56.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-13 at 08.09.56https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/screen-shot-2017-10-13-at-08-10-17.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-13 at 08.10.17https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6.jpg6https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5.jpg52018-10-17T15:17:52+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2018/04/30/crime-fiction-is-not-woke/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/p044gtpc.jpgp044gtpchttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/image3.pngimagehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/image2.pngimage2018-04-30T13:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/02/05/6-black-crime-writers-to-investigate/2018-04-01T11:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2018/03/23/new-fiction-and-non-fiction/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dxibnfzxuaa9mn9.jpgpendrawinghttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-six-deaths-ofexcalibur-braille1-e1521846274468.pngThe Six Deaths ofExcalibur Braillehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-six-deaths-ofexcalibur-braille.pngThe Six Deaths ofExcalibur Braille2018-03-24T23:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/12/07/jessica-brick-is-in-print/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brick-cover.pngBrick Cover2018-03-23T22:44:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/11/04/review-murder-on-the-orient-express-dir-kenneth-branagh-2017/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/27243-orient-group4.jpg27243-orient-group4https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/b1c5a-murder_on_the_orient_express_teaser_poster.jpgb1c5a-murder_on_the_orient_express_teaser_posterhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/e4c30-motoe-trailer-release-website.jpge4c30-motoe-trailer-release-website2018-03-23T22:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/09/18/new-blog-a-sign-of-the-crimes/2017-09-18T06:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/08/02/new-jessica-brick-stories/2017-08-02T08:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/detective-fiction/thechristiecave/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card30.pngcard30The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card31.pngcard31The Spider's Web (1960)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card331.pngcard33https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card33.pngcard33A Reappraisal (2017)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card221.pngCard22Curtain Up (2015)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card24.pngcard24The ABC Murders (2016)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card23.pngCard23Miss Perry (1964)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card25.pngCard254.50 From Paddington (1957)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card22.pngCard22Curtain Up (2015)https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/card211.pngcard21Unfinished Portrait (2015)2017-08-01T21:02:48+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2017/07/20/unicorn-booty-interview/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/man01a.jpgman01a2017-07-20T14:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/07/06/criminal-heritage-programme-released/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/4-3.png4-3https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/3-5.png3-5https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2-5.png2-5https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1-5.png1-52017-07-06T08:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/06/25/agatha-christie-a-reappraisal-agatha2017-dr-rebecca-mills/2017-06-25T11:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/05/17/a-daughters-a-daughter-at-agatha-christie-a-reappraisal/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a-daughters.jpgA DAUGHTER'S2017-05-17T16:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/05/02/crimefest-hrf-keating-award-nomination/2017-05-02T13:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/04/19/the-many-disappearances-of-agatha-christie/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-unicorn-and-the-wasp-tom-goodman-hill-1330845-948-329.jpgThe-Unicorn-and-The-Wasp-tom-goodman-hill-1330845-948-329https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unfinished_portrait_first_edition_cover.jpgunfinished_portrait_first_edition_coverhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/agatha-film-images-3267a5be-40a0-4ed0-80d5-f1d13c39cf6.jpgAgatha-film-images-3267a5be-40a0-4ed0-80d5-f1d13c39cf6https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/agathadisguised.pngagathadisguisedhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/29806077.jpg29806077https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/5198b6z9zbl-_sx298_bo1204203200_.jpg5198B6Z9ZBL._SX298_BO1,204,203,200_https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/81mtapijsfl.jpg81mTAPIjSFL2017-04-19T08:19:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/03/19/cfp-criminal-heritage/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/leeds-beckett-rose.jpegLeeds beckett rose2017-03-19T17:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/02/27/call-for-chapters-agatha-christie-goes-to-war/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/b9d97fc5c9efe1f9fe739502752b6dc4-e1488148537662.jpgb9d97fc5c9efe1f9fe739502752b6dc42017-02-26T22:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/02/22/palgrave-ebooks-on-sale/2017-02-22T12:42:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2017/01/13/call-for-papers-agatha-christie-a-reappraisal/2017-01-13T12:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/12/05/mistletoe-mysteries-some-radical-rubbish/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/61vonbd6otl-_sx340_bo1204203200_.jpg61vonbd6otl-_sx340_bo1204203200_https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/51kcnisbazl-_sx323_bo1204203200_.jpg51kcnisbazl-_sx323_bo1204203200_"I've finished my Christmassy murder story" "That's great, Francis, what are you calling it?" "Oh, crap. I can't think of a title. Just bung anything with MURDER and CHRISTMAS on the cover. Like, Murder for Christmas but less lame." "Okay. Sorted."https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/518t6gohl-_sx324_bo1204203200_.jpg518t6gohl-_sx324_bo1204203200_https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/514y46avegl-_sx346_bo1204203200_.jpg514y46avegl-_sx346_bo1204203200_https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9780008219840.jpg9780008219840https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9780008188993.jpg97800081889932016-12-10T09:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/10/04/noirwich-a-bloody-good-weekend/2016-10-04T07:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/09/27/published-queering-agatha-christie/2016-09-27T09:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/hercules/2016-09-27T09:26:07+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2016/08/25/agatha-christie-wrote-more-than-animated-algebra/2016-08-30T16:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/07/18/meet-jessica-brick-like-miss-marple-but-wrong/2016-07-18T16:50:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/06/28/agatha-christie-conference-at-exeter-probably-the-best-conference-in-the-world/2016-06-28T22:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/06/25/immediate-thoughts-on-brexit/2016-06-25T10:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/06/01/840/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/220px-agathaposter.jpg220px-agathaposter2016-06-01T13:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/03/28/great-news-agatha-christie-conference/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/logo-ac-web-medium.pnglogo-ac-web-medium2016-03-28T14:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/03/08/the-female-detective-and-men-being-too-insidious/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308_1248181.jpg20160308_124818https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/20160308_124818.jpg20160308_124818I'm not a great autograph hunter but am very happy to have this book signed by so many leading crime writers. To date: Val McDermid, Jessica Mann, PD James, Alanna Knight, Kate Summerscale, Kate Rhodes, Sophie Hannah.2016-03-08T13:21:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/02/28/published-the-ageless-agatha-christie/2016-02-28T13:36:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/02/22/still-time-to-submit-for-agatha2016/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/agatha-christie-ps4-the-abc-murders-2016-752x440.jpgAgatha-Christie-PS4-The-ABC-Murders-2016-752x4402016-02-22T18:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/01/30/dead-in-the-water-a-titanic-mystery/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jjj.pngjjj2016-01-30T17:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/01/08/call-for-papers-agatha2016/2016-01-08T12:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2016/01/07/general-update-publications-and-surprises/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dfa0b923-5aa5-4004-a078-7282227a14aa1.jpegdfa0b923-5aa5-4004-a078-7282227a14aahttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dfa0b923-5aa5-4004-a078-7282227a14aa.jpegdfa0b923-5aa5-4004-a078-7282227a14aa2016-01-08T02:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/10/22/agatha-christie-new-releases-reviewed-4-curtain-up-by-julius-green/2015-10-21T17:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/10/23/agatha-christie-new-releases-reviewed-5-miss-marples-final-cases-bbc-radio/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/marple.jpgmarple2015-10-23T17:13:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/10/21/agatha-christie-new-releases-reviewed-3-the-lost-plays-bbc-radio/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bbc.jpgbbchttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/green.jpggreen2015-10-19T12:36:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/10/20/agatha-christie-new-releases-reviewed-2-tom-adams-uncovered-by-tom-adams-and-john-curran/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/adams.jpgadams2015-10-19T12:34:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/10/19/agatha-christie-new-releases-reviewed-1-a-is-for-arsenic-by-kathryn-harkup/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/harkup.jpgharkup2015-10-19T12:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/08/06/agatha-and-the-academics-another-angle/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/77556-agathachristie.jpg77556-agathachristie2015-08-06T23:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/07/22/partners-in-crime-5-reasons-tommy-and-tuppence-are-the-best/2015-07-22T21:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/07/13/from-happy-to-grumpy-and-sleepy-to-doc/2015-07-13T22:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/04/21/agatha-christie-hidden-horizons/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5151-e1429634143935.jpgIMG_5151Sunshine!2015-04-21T16:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/04/10/the-declining-significance-of-social-justice-on-twitter-fights-ethical-methodology-and-queer-academia/2015-02-24T14:57:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/02/07/that-awful-static-box-agatha-christies-attitude-to-tv/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/agathatv.jpgagathatvsource: an old book I wanted to steal from my school library but just ended up taking photos of.2015-02-07T16:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2015/01/31/registration-open-for-agatha-christie-hidden-horizons-agatha2015/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/conference-poster.pngconference poster2015-02-05T20:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/agatha2015/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bx5haqkigaa2kfa.jpgBx5HAqKIgAA2kfaAddressing a sold-out audience at the International Agatha Christie Festivalhttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ac-fest-17.jpgAC FEST 17https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ac-fest-6.jpgAC FEST 62015-01-19T16:18:12+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2014/11/28/pd-james-1920-2014/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/talkingaboutdetectivefictionbypdjames2.jpgtalkingaboutdetectivefictionbypdjames[2]Talking About Detective Fiction (2009). A non-fiction book that arose from a misunderstanding between two literary agents. Still, it's a beautiful little book and a good thing to have if you want to cite out-moded arguments from the 1950s with a 21st century reference.https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/220px-coverherface1.jpg220px-CoverHerFace[1]Cover Her Face: James's debut crime novel. Not to my taste but relatively important.2014-11-28T16:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/11/26/some-thoughts-on-agatha-christie/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/n2701.jpgn270[1]CROOKED HOUSE (1949). One of the most chilling, and despite its best-selling, never-out-of-print status, one of the most underrated, crime novels in British history.https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mousetrapprogrammefront1.jpgMousetrapProgrammeFront[1]THE MOUSETRAP is entering its 63rd year in the West End. Its success is supposed to be inexplicable, but I have never come across a better summary of post-war British paranoia.2014-11-26T14:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/11/11/tayler-swifts-blank-space-searing-sophisticated-anything-but-blank/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/untitled.pngtaylor swiftMisandry! I think Taylor Swift is responding here to Bart Baker's misogynistic characterization of her as insane because she is a woman who dares to have a sex life. His videos have upwards of 25,000,000 views on YouTube.2015-01-26T12:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/11/03/agatha2015-final-keynote-announced/2014-11-03T17:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/10/30/agatha-christie-hidden-horizons-signature-image/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/logo-2.pnglogo 22014-10-30T15:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/10/22/hostility-to-the-bechdel-test-is-as-easy-to-grasp-as-the-test-itself/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/is-doctor-who-sexist-01-21.jpgis-doctor-who-sexist-01-2[1]https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/hihrmkkppfdbmpt2sbgl1.pnghihrmkkppfdbmpt2sbgl[1]Source: http://io9.com/why-the-bechdel-test-is-more-important-than-you-realize-15861356132014-10-28T14:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/10/15/am-i-a-feminist/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/if_i_say_i_m_a_feminist1.jpgif_i_say_i_m_a_feminist[1]Image via Feminist at Sea http://feministatsea.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/can-men-be-feminists/ The author makes the following really important observation: "I have encountered men at feminist spaces who were the loudest and most vocal, who hijacked almost every conversation and who always demanded to be the center of attention and made every issue, feminists related, about them. They are a serious disruption of feminist discourse. Feminism’s strength may be in numbers, but it is also in the bonding of women and their opportunity to talk to each other and share experiences."2014-10-20T18:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/10/02/updated-cfp-agatha-christie-hidden-horizons/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/agatha2015.jpgagatha2015https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/all-that-mousetrap-hubert-gregg11.jpgagatha2015https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/all-that-mousetrap-hubert-gregg1.jpgagatha20152014-10-07T17:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2013/02/13/review-fires-of-london-janice-law-2012/2014-10-03T20:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2013/06/16/review-the-house-of-silk-anthony-horowitz-2012/2014-10-03T20:01:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/09/23/bivisibilityday/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bynd3ebigaauytt2.pngBI PRIDEBi the way... we have a flag2014-09-25T14:31:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/09/18/forthcoming-conference-agatha-christie-hidden-horizons/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10695054_737535499653491_180889820_n.jpg10695054_737535499653491_180889820_n2014-09-18T21:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/09/12/428/2014-09-18T15:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/09/09/putting-on-the-bloxham-monogram-murders-book-launch/2014-09-09T22:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/22/gays-of-history-gaze-of-history/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/marie-antoinette1.jpgMarie-Antoinette[1]2014-08-29T14:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/28/the-most-important-and-complex-thing-that-three-years-as-a-phd-researcher-have-taught-me/2014-08-28T22:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/28/disjointed-thoughts-on-dorothy-l-sayers/2014-08-28T22:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/22/happy-birthday-to-us/2014-08-22T09:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/15/detective-fiction-scholarship-why-do-we-ignore-the-experts/2014-11-20T12:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/10/why-i-like-cluedo/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/scoobydooclue1.jpgscoobydoocluedoScooby-dooby-cluehttps://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/543_mustardss1.jpgmustard againA very Conneryish Mustard of the 1980s.2014-08-10T13:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/07/31/jk-rowling-and-the-disguise-of-social-commentary/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/meh.pngtwitter2014-08-10T11:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/08/10/misogyny-writers-of-america/2014-08-16T11:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/01/25/queen-of-comedy-agatha-christie-said-that/2015-02-13T14:49:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2014/07/25/three-reasons-to-read-josephine-tey/2014-08-10T11:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/online-profiles/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/526fe-logo.jpg526fe-logo2014-07-25T19:14:22+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/2013/07/05/eight-gay-books-you-should-probably-read/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/james-baldwin-headline1.jpgJames Baldwin2014-07-25T18:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/2011/09/30/agatha-christie-at-the-university-of-exeter/2014-07-25T18:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jcbernthal.com/gender-sexuality/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1555496_614001405340235_992340911_n1.jpgjamie bernthalMoving On (self portrait, 2014) 2014-07-07T14:20:03+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/detective-fiction/2014-07-07T13:46:28+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/news/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tom-adams.png2014-07-07T13:42:28+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/teaching/2014-01-29T23:03:04+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.com/detective-fiction/70-2/https://jcbernthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/317568_393588070714904_229356854_n2.jpg317568_393588070714904_229356854_n[2]Agatha Christie and some llamas at Paignton Zoo, Devon2013-02-03T18:23:37+00:00weekly0.6https://jcbernthal.comdaily1.02025-10-21T21:03:29+00:00