Agatha Christie is one of the most famous mystery writers in the world, and recently I've been watching the Hercule Poirot TV adaptation. When I was a child I would watch alongside mom, but being about three all of the plot went over my head. As an adult I enjoy comparing it to modern crime shows because it takes place in the 1920s and 30s without the focus on forensic evidence; it's old-fashioned gumshoe work.

Now I've never read any of her books and I'm not certain how much of this is for dramatic effect, but there are lots of incidents that occur which would never fly nowadays. For example, in one case a woman committed suicide after being blackmailed. Her best friend and roommate entered the room and discovered the body, and in her anger arranged the room so it would seem like the first woman had been murdered by her blackmailer. When Poirot had revealed to the police the man was framed, they just confronted the woman and she angrily stormed away. How the fuck is that allowed? She fucking tampered with crime scene evidence. A man was handcuffed and nearly put on trial for murder. There's no way she's walking around free after this.