Literary roundup: Christie on tape; farewell and adieu; tinker, tailor, soldier, defector?

And then there were tapes: recordings of Agatha Christie surface.

All the vampires of Charlaine Harris and Stephenie Meyer combined don't have as much bite as this guy. Now comes the news that Frank Mundus, the model for shark hunter Quint, has died.

John Le Carre: the spy who almost went out into the cold.