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Agatha Christie (Author)
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Publication Date: 18 Aug 2008

A collectionof short stories featuring some of Agatha Christie’s best-loved detectives – Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and Harley Quin…

All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction.

Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite, who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then, of course, there’s Poirot, whose measured analysis of motive and opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris, when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life and death.

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; Masterpiece edition edition (18 Aug 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007154836
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007154838
  • Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 18.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 40,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his own preferred method of deduction.

Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the 'Problem at Pollensa Bay'.
Or Mr Satterthwaite, who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in 'The Harlequin Tea Set' mystery.
Then, of course, there’s Poirot whose measured analysis of motive and opportunity is tested to the full in 'Yellow Iris', when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life and death.

A COLLECTION OF EIGHT STORIES FEATURING SOME OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S FAVOURITE DETECTIVES

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 80 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Typical Agatha Christie 8 Jan 2010
By pppme
Format:Paperback
The stories here are little nuggets of human relations, like intellectual puzzles. Like all of Agatha Christie's fiction, they serve up cardboard characters in contained surroundings, but the stories vibrate with truth nevertheless, like parables. The short story format naturally means there is not enough room to develop a twisted plot, but Christie zooms in on simple lives and reveals something complicated and tricky in them. This is not sophisticated psychological realism, but a series of social problems worked through elegantly. If you like Agatha Christie's novels, you'll like these short stories too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Charming short story collection 15 Feb 2012
By downkiddie TOP 500 REVIEWER
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There is a baffling array of Agatha Chrisite short story collections, with different volumes of different stories published at different times in both Britain and America. This 1991 collection includes eight stories, four of which had not previously been published in Britain. We are treated to two stories featuring Hercule Poirot, a couple of Parker Pyne stories (both of which can be found in Parker Pyne Investigates) and two featuring Mr Satterthwaite and his mysterious friend Mr Quin (which do NOT feature in their main outing The Mysterious Mr Quin). The final two are not mysteries, one a poignant tale about the loss of a pet, the other about lost love. They make a bit of a downbeat ending to a very enjoyable book.

On balance the Poirot stories are perhaps the most successful here, though one of them, "The Second Gong", was rewritten as "Dead Man's Mirror" (found in the collection Murder in the Mews). This earlier version however has different characters, murderer and motive so it can still be enjoyed in its own right even by those familiar with "Dead Man's Mirror".

The inclusion of the Parker Pyne stories seems a little strange considering both are available already, and especially as they were originally Poirot stories. It would have been much more interesting if these earlier Poirot editions had been included instead (the Poirot version of "The Regatta Mystery" was finally published in the heavy tome Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories).

The Satterthwaite/Quin stories also seem to be in the wrong order, with the later story coming first. But no matter these are very enjoyable, particularly "The Harlequin Tea Set", a country house murder mystery that never was. The other story featuring the pair, "The Love Detectives" has glimmers of the Miss Marple story "Murder at the Vicarage", Christie clearly recycling the idea. The Satterthwaite/Quin stories are interesting, with the slightly supernatural theme and their inclusion here adds a little more mystery to the book.

All in all an enjoyable collection, some little known nuggets and with the short story format an easy and interesting read for waiting rooms and rail journeys.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it 18 April 2013
By Mrs Susan Summers
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I chose this book as I like Agatha Christie and the titile caught my eye as well as I used to live in Mallorca and the first story was based there.
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