Teresa reviews “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” (2015), the French episode Pourquoi pas Martin? from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Source: Amazon DVD set Fidelity to text: 3½ cliff shoves Laurence and Avril divvy up Bobby and Frankie’s roles, but otherwise, the plot remains intact. Quality of movie: 3½ cliff shoves […]
Welcome to the Peschel Press Newsletter for June 2023. Believe it or not, we’ve got things on our calendar in the dog days of summer if you want to meet us in person. In July, we’ve got one, count ’em, one event. On Sunday, 16 July 2023, we’ll be at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop at […]
Teresa reviews Dumb Witness (2015), a.k.a. Temoin Muet from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, Season Two and wished it had followed through on its supernatural premise. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Source: Amazon DVD set Fidelity to text: 3 poison bottles Surprisingly close, although the motive for murder changes as does the relationship between Bella and […]
Teresa reviews Sparkling Cyanide (2015), a.k.a. Meurtre au Champagne from the second season of Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, and enjoyed it when the stars were offstage. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Source: Amazon DVD set Fidelity to text: 3½ poisoned cocktails Considering how much was rewritten, the plot’s surprisingly close to Agatha’s version. Quality of […]
Teresa Reviews Towards Zero (2007) and found L’Heure zero a great version with some French weirdness. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4 blunt objects Remarkably close, with added French weirdness. Don’t miss that musician merry-go-round complete with a bassoonist! Quality of film: 4 blunt objects Funny, fast-paced, coherent, although there were some missed […]
Hello again! Another month has flown by and here is the Peschel Press newsletter for May 2023. We’ve been busy with events and have two more coming up if you want to see us in person. First, important news: Amazon is raising the price to print books in its Kindle Direct Publishing program. That means […]
Teresa reviews 4.50 from Paddington (2008), a.k.a. the French Le Crime Est Notre Affaire (Crime Is Our Business) featuring Tommy and Tuppence, and loves its attention to the devastating effect of murder. Fidelity to text: 3 1/2 stranglers It’s remarkably true to the text considering that a French Tommy and Tuppence fill in for Miss […]
Teresa reviews Curtain (2015), a.k.a. The Disappearance of the Lover with Two Faces, the last episode arc from Checkmate, and felt like something was lost in translation (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Source: Ebay listing Fidelity to text: 2 deaths by freezing You’ll recognize the harmless dweeb who’s really the evil mastermind and the turning table […]
Teresa reviews Winter Nights Serial Murders, the story from the Chinese Checkmate series based on Three Act Tragedy (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Source: Ebay listing Fidelity to text: 3 poisoned cocktails I think. It was like a highlights reel of the novel with plot twists added and important details missing so you couldn’t put them […]
Teresa reviews The Kidnapped Japanese Consul,” the Chinese “Checkmate” TV series version of “The Kidnapped Prime Minister” and found it difficult to follow the stripped-down version of the short story. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Source: Ebay listing Fidelity to text: 3 kidnappers The story was stripped to its essence while adding extra pressure on Situ […]