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by Agatha Christie (Author)
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  • Paperback: 768 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition (17 May 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007171188
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007171187
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 105,259 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A brand new Agatha Christie omnibus, featuring four of the eight novels in which Captain Arthur Hastings appears alongside the world-renowned detective, Hercule Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies, The ABC Murders, Dumb Witness and Curtain. Captain Arthur Hastings is well-known as Poirot's trusty sidekick, the perfect foil for the great detective and his 'little grey cells'. Yet although Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels about her famous detective, only eight of them actually feature Captain Hastings. Considered by many to be some of the very best Christie stories, the distinctive Hastings novels are distinguished by being recounted in the first person, just as Dr Watson wrote for Holmes. This omnibus volume brings together the last four Poirot and Hastings novels, including Lord Edgware Dies, The ABC Murders, Dumb Witness and, returning Poirot to the scene of his first novel for his very last case, Curtain.

About the Author
Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She has sold over 2 billion novels worldwide and has been translated into more languages than any other single writer.

Born on 15 September 1890 in Devon, England, her career spanned six decades in which time she published 80 novels and short story collections and 19 plays. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles published in 1920, was written as a result of a challenge from her sister. In it she would introduce to the world Hercule Poirot, one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. Poirot would appear in over 80 novels and short stories. Nine years later Agatha created Miss Marple - a spinster sleuth who would become so popular she would rival Poirot in the nation's affections.

Her writing won her many fans including the royal family. When Queen Mary was approaching her 80th birthday, the BBC asked how she would want them to celebrate it. She requested a new Christie play! Three Blind Mice was duly written for the radio; it would later be adapted into The Mousetrap and become the longest continuously running play in history.

Although best known for her detective fiction, Christie also wrote a number of books that give us insight into her world. Her autobiography, published the year after her death provides a full, and often humorous, account of her life and Come, Tell Me How You Live chronicles her travels as the wife of a world famous archaeologist, on digs in the Middle East.

Agatha Christie had a truly remarkable life; she was a very private lady though her love of travel and archaeology shines through in her work. Her most famous novel Murder on the Orient Express celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2009 and was inspired by her own travels on the train, when she too became stranded due to weather.

After a hugely successful career and a very happy life Agatha died peacefully on 12 January 1976.

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4.0 out of 5 stars There are no spoilers in this review, 31 Aug 2006
By Sordel (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poirot: The Complete Battles of Hastings ("The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Murder on the Links", "The Big Four", and "Peril at End House"): 1 (Paperback)
This compendium is a good purchase for the reader coming to Poirot for the first time, as it includes four of the first six Poirot novels to be published. The missing novels are "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (1926) and "The Mystery of the Blue Train" (1928) which can be found in the "Perfect Murders" and "French Collection" anthologies respectively.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (4/5)
Poirot's first appearance in print, and Christie's first novel, is an intricate country house mystery that may well leave you as confused as it does Hastings.

Murder on the Links (4/5)
There's a lot to enjoy in this book, especially Poirot's rivalry with a French detective who displays almost as much arrogance as he does himself. It isn't too difficult to solve part of the puzzle, but the later convolutions will leave most readers foxed.

The Big Four (2/5)
Hastings returns from the Argentine in time to help Poirot battle a criminal conspiracy and its intentions to conquer the world! This barmy adventure - really a succession of short stories and episodes - is completely unlike other Poirot novels. Although some of the individual mysteries are entertaining, the whole thing has more the flavour of Sax Rohmer than Agatha Christie.

Peril at End House (3/5)
The impact of this mystery has been somewhat eroded by the number of stories that have imitated it since. Nevertheless, this is an enjoyable tale with more urgency and focus than some of the more baffling puzzles.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable classic crime, 6 May 2009
By Peter Bloomfield (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poirot: The Complete Battles of Hastings ("The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Murder on the Links", "The Big Four", and "Peril at End House"): 1 (Paperback)
Having been an avid Sherlock Holmes fan, I finally decided to try reading some of the Poirot stories instead. This book was my first exposure to the Belgian detective, and to Agatha Christie's writing as a whole, and I have to say it has lived up to my hopes fairly well.

The writing style is very different to that of Doyle -- it feels very much more like 'classic' literature than the Holmes stories do... possibly a little more formal. For me, that made it a little less accessible, so I had to work a bit harder to get into the plots.

The mystery and intrigue are great though, and there's a splash of romance here and there. It takes you on a bit of an adventure of feelings about the main characters (Poirot and Hastings), as they portray very realistic development and personality traits.

My one criticism is that the plots tend to drag on a bit, so it is perhaps not ideal for people who prefer lots of pace. The third story ("The Big Four") is particularly bad for this... it just seems to go on and on... and then it suddenly stops in a slightly unsatisfactory way. It's still well worth reading it though.

I recommend this book as being an excellent introduction to the Poirot stories. If you are interested in crime stories and the somewhat bizarre methods of a small Belgian man, then you will be well catered for!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Three of four are good stories; one of them ("The Murder On The Links") is also in "The French Collection" volume in this series, 9 Dec 2008
This review is from: Poirot: The Complete Battles of Hastings ("The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Murder on the Links", "The Big Four", and "Peril at End House"): 1 (Paperback)
Three of the four stories in this collection (The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder on the Links, Peril at End House) are classic Poirot and worth getting. The fourth (The Big Four) is more of a rather improbable adventure story, almost Poirot does James Bond; I probably won't read it again.

Note for if you are buying several of these Harper Collins collections of Poirot stories: The Murder on the Links is also in "The French Collection". You may still find it's still cheaper to buy both these collection volumes instead of the individual books, but caveat emptor.
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