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“The book offers a rare treat for discriminating readers.”
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A unique offering from the Queen of Crime. This Agatha Christie Signature Edition features the hero the world-famous author was most fond of – Mr Harley Quin, the enigmatic friend and counterpart of the rational Mr Satterthwaite.
So far, it had been a typical New Year’s Eve house party. But Mr Satterthwaite – a keen observer of human nature – sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold.
So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr Quin? And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair?
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Agatha Christie always sighted the Mr Quin and Mr Statterthwaite stories as her favourites and returned to them simply out of love for the characters. Christie moved away from her usual motifs into the world of the apparantly supernatural with these titles.
Mr Statterthwaite inhabits the upper class world of the 1930's, imagine Counts and Countesses, caviar, Monaco, casinos, Country Houses, art galleries and round the world cruises.
He watches rather than plays a part in the lives of the people that he sees played out before his eyes but often meets the mysterious Mr Harley Quin when he leasts expects to. These meetings invariably lead to an 'approaching storm' that lends itself to Statterthwaite helping to right wrongs that have been perpertrated.
An amazing book of the most delicious short stories that have two brilliantly conceived characters 'solving' problems and mysteries borne out around them.
It is such a shame that she didn't wrote more of these stories.
Special mention to the story 'At the Bells and Motley'. A set-up that holds it's own against the best locked room mystery stories.
Highly recommended.
Mr Statterthwaite inhabits the upper class world of the 1930's, imagine Counts and Countesses, caviar, Monaco, casinos, Country Houses, art galleries and round the world cruises.
He watches rather than plays a part in the lives of the people that he sees played out before his eyes but often meets the mysterious Mr Harley Quin when he leasts expects to. These meetings invariably lead to an 'approaching storm' that lends itself to Statterthwaite helping to right wrongs that have been perpertrated.
An amazing book of the most delicious short stories that have two brilliantly conceived characters 'solving' problems and mysteries borne out around them.
It is such a shame that she didn't wrote more of these stories.
Special mention to the story 'At the Bells and Motley'. A set-up that holds it's own against the best locked room mystery stories.
Highly recommended.
Format:Audio Cassette
This tape was a great listen. I had to buy a tape player to learn a language that I had been given the tapes of, so decided to treat myself to a tape of stories. I really enjoy reading Agatha Christie, so the obvious choice was one of her stories, and this was a really great choice.
I am on the lookout for more of Agatha Christie's stories on tape, but they are not easy to find since everyone has gone over to CDs, but I am not going to give up. I will be scouring the charity shops for tapes, as they may get some in, although the ones I have tried so far say that they just put tapes in the bin now - what a waste!
If you want a good story and still have a tape player, I would thoroughly recommend this one.
I am on the lookout for more of Agatha Christie's stories on tape, but they are not easy to find since everyone has gone over to CDs, but I am not going to give up. I will be scouring the charity shops for tapes, as they may get some in, although the ones I have tried so far say that they just put tapes in the bin now - what a waste!
If you want a good story and still have a tape player, I would thoroughly recommend this one.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Mr. Quinn Would be Mystified
1 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback
Let's see. Through Amazon you can buy a copy of this intriguing little book for two hundred ninety nine dollars or you can buy a copy for one cent. I wonder which is the better deal. Good Grief! Two hundred ninety nine dollars? That makes my little paperback edition worth like twenty dollars an ounce. But the real mystery here is why this fascinating little collection of stories by one of the world's most popular authors has been allowed to go out of print.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fascinating early Christie
10 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm very surprised that this book is no longer in print. I thought every scrap of paper that Christie might have scribbled a few lines on is in print somewhere. I suppose you could view these short stories about Mr. Quinn as a failure, because Christie stopped writing them early on. I found them quite interesting, though, with their mysteries tinged with supernatural overtones. If you can track down a copy, any Christie fan will not be disappointed.
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