Karen Pierce was 10 years old when she discovered an Agatha Christie paperback on her grandmother's bedside table. Having already devoured the Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew series, she turned her attention to Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. In her twenties, Pierce scoured secondhand bookstores for Christie's novels. Despite all the murder and mayhem, she found comfort in Christie's work. When Pierce was unable to find a cookbook devoted to the writer, she decided to create her own.
Recipes for Murder: 66 Recipes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha Christie offers a dish or drink based on each of the author's stories. Christie featured food in most of her books, with many of the recipes inspired by her English upbringing.
HALLOWEEN MURDER MYSTERY
Menu
A murder took place at Rowena Drake’s Halloween party, but this menu should accompany a fictional murder mystery. No one need die for chocolate cake.
Jolly Roger Cocktail
from Evil under the Sun
Jack-o’-Lantern Deviled Eggs
from Hallowe’en Party
September Roast Partridge
from Nemesis
Devon Boiled Potatoes
from And Then There Were None
Another Delicious Death by Cake
from A Murder Is Announced
"They were always my comfort. If things had gone wrong, I'd get in the bathtub and read an Agatha Christie," says Karen Pierce of her devotion to the English detective writer. Photo by Elena Gliosca. 
"Recipes for Murder: 66 Recipes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha Christie" catalogs traditional dishes from the author's time that complement her literary canon. Photo courtesy of W.W. Norton & Company.