![]() ![]() So, despite the truncated tour, his new book, The Splendid and the Vile, has sailed up the nonfiction bestseller list, the sixth of Larson’s books to do so, including 2003’s The Devil in the White City, a true-crime masterpiece about a serial killer in Chicago amid the 1893 world’s fair that has somehow not been made into a movie yet (though Hulu is finally developing it into a series.) Larson, 66, is a master at crafting novelistic narratives out of history, making page-turners - albeit completely nonfiction ones - out of events like the sinking of the Lusitania in Dead Wake or the Galveston hurricane in Isaac’s Storm. ![]() ![]() Instead he’s tucked away on the east end of Long Island, avoiding the plague, reading thrillers (Shari Lapena’s The Couple Next Door is hitting the spot), and fielding phone calls from the likes of me. Erik Larson should be on a book tour right now. ![]()
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Everyone performs but I'll highlight those I believe to be the standouts, firstly Fabia Drake, who makes Aunt Effy one of the standout characters, she is superb, the scene where she first encounters Miss Marple is exceptional, she had steel. Agatha Christie wrote her characters big, and those characters create brilliantly into this adaptation, Gladys, The Crumps, Rex. ![]() Miss Marple steps in when the Fortescue's made Gladys is cruelly killed, Gladys having been in Miss Marple's employ once. A man disliked by even his nearest and dearest, his death described as a stain gone. ![]() Wealthy businessman Rex Fortescue dies in agony, poisoned with taxin. ![]() 6/21/2023 0 Comments Sings the nightbird![]() Simon, true to form, pulls a twist and says "I'm not going to give you a yes." ![]() "You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy," the young songstress shares. ![]() ![]() Heidi says it gave her chills and Simon says her voice is "stunning." "That felt like the most authentic thing I've heard this season," Howie marvels. Sofia is wiping tears from her eyes as Nightbird croons her life-affirming tune, and Simon simply says "wow" after the number as all four judges (and every single person in the audience) gives a long standing ovation. The songwriting is incredible as well, and it seems to be hitting home with the judges. Her voice is incredible - delicate but strong, and unique while still being deeply relatable. It's one of the rare original songs performed on this show that sounds like it could be a No.1 hit. 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