In the earliest ones, it really felt like she had a checklist of eccentricities that she wanted to get out on the table. Later on, she writes him as a person.
As for the TV versions, I like the Carmichael audios I've heard, though I've not seen his televised performances. He doesn't look at all like the way the character is described though. I own the Petherbridge version on DVD and, despite some mangling of Gaudy Night, lurve it dearly.
As for publication order:
Whose Body? Clouds of Witness Unnatural Death The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Strong Poison Five Red Herrings Have His Carcase Murder Must Advertise The Nine Tailors Gaudy Night Busman's Honeymoon
They do get better as they go on, though Five Red Herrings is a bit dry for my tastes. The books that follow more than makes up for it, though. Also, none of the books are dependent on the short stories, so you can safely leave them to the end if you want.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2008-02-25 06:48 pm (UTC)As for the TV versions, I like the Carmichael audios I've heard, though I've not seen his televised performances. He doesn't look at all like the way the character is described though. I own the Petherbridge version on DVD and, despite some mangling of Gaudy Night, lurve it dearly.
As for publication order:
Whose Body?
Clouds of Witness
Unnatural Death
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Strong Poison
Five Red Herrings
Have His Carcase
Murder Must Advertise
The Nine Tailors
Gaudy Night
Busman's Honeymoon
They do get better as they go on, though Five Red Herrings is a bit dry for my tastes. The books that follow more than makes up for it, though. Also, none of the books are dependent on the short stories, so you can safely leave them to the end if you want.