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The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories[REGATTA MYST & OTHER STORIES][Paperback]
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Published August 31, 2012
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Agatha Christie
6,459 books79.4k followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
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October 4, 2026
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a wonderful collection that showcases Agatha Christie at her most versatile and inventive. Rather than relying on a single detective or a single style of mystery, the collection brings together a fascinating variety of stories, demonstrating just how effortlessly Christie could move between different characters, settings and forms of crime.
What makes the collection particularly enjoyable is the sheer range of mysteries on offer. There are stories of murder, deception, theft and psychological manipulation, alongside some wonderfully ingenious plots in which appearances prove to be spectacularly misleading. Christie understood that a good mystery does not necessarily need an elaborate setting; sometimes all that is required is an apparently ordinary situation and a collection of people with secrets.
The title story, “The Regatta Mystery,” is an excellent example of Christie’s ability to construct a mystery around a seemingly straightforward crime and then introduce just enough uncertainty to keep the reader guessing. As always, she is particularly good at exploiting assumptions—both those of her characters and those of the reader.
One of the pleasures of the collection is encountering some of Christie’s less frequently discussed stories. They provide an interesting contrast with the famous Poirot and Miss Marple novels and demonstrate that her talent extended far beyond her best-known detectives. Her short stories are often remarkably economical: she can establish a situation, introduce suspicion, provide a handful of carefully chosen clues and deliver a twist, all within a relatively small number of pages.
Christie’s writing is also wonderfully atmospheric. There is an unmistakable sense of time and place throughout the collection, whether the action takes place among the wealthy, in elegant country houses, on boats or in more everyday surroundings. Beneath the polished surfaces, however, there is usually something darker lurking.
Perhaps the greatest pleasure is trying to solve the mysteries alongside Christie. She is a master of the red herring, and just when you become convinced that you have spotted the solution, she has usually anticipated your conclusion and prepared another possibility.
Overall, The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a thoroughly enjoyable collection and an excellent reminder of Christie’s extraordinary skill as a short-story writer. It is clever, varied, atmospheric and frequently surprising.
A highly recommended collection for any Christie enthusiast—and a particularly enjoyable choice for anyone wanting to explore beyond her famous novels.
The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a wonderful collection that showcases Agatha Christie at her most versatile and inventive. Rather than relying on a single detective or a single style of mystery, the collection brings together a fascinating variety of stories, demonstrating just how effortlessly Christie could move between different characters, settings and forms of crime.
What makes the collection particularly enjoyable is the sheer range of mysteries on offer. There are stories of murder, deception, theft and psychological manipulation, alongside some wonderfully ingenious plots in which appearances prove to be spectacularly misleading. Christie understood that a good mystery does not necessarily need an elaborate setting; sometimes all that is required is an apparently ordinary situation and a collection of people with secrets.
The title story, “The Regatta Mystery,” is an excellent example of Christie’s ability to construct a mystery around a seemingly straightforward crime and then introduce just enough uncertainty to keep the reader guessing. As always, she is particularly good at exploiting assumptions—both those of her characters and those of the reader.
One of the pleasures of the collection is encountering some of Christie’s less frequently discussed stories. They provide an interesting contrast with the famous Poirot and Miss Marple novels and demonstrate that her talent extended far beyond her best-known detectives. Her short stories are often remarkably economical: she can establish a situation, introduce suspicion, provide a handful of carefully chosen clues and deliver a twist, all within a relatively small number of pages.
Christie’s writing is also wonderfully atmospheric. There is an unmistakable sense of time and place throughout the collection, whether the action takes place among the wealthy, in elegant country houses, on boats or in more everyday surroundings. Beneath the polished surfaces, however, there is usually something darker lurking.
Perhaps the greatest pleasure is trying to solve the mysteries alongside Christie. She is a master of the red herring, and just when you become convinced that you have spotted the solution, she has usually anticipated your conclusion and prepared another possibility.
Overall, The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a thoroughly enjoyable collection and an excellent reminder of Christie’s extraordinary skill as a short-story writer. It is clever, varied, atmospheric and frequently surprising.
A highly recommended collection for any Christie enthusiast—and a particularly enjoyable choice for anyone wanting to explore beyond her famous novels.
March 24, 2025
Found this as I was looking through my other Agatha Christie books searching for those to read in the yearly Agatha Christie reading challenge. These short stories are very good, thought provoking and unique.
March 2, 2026
I inhaled these short stories.
July 10, 2026
These were fun, short, mystery stories that, of course, weren't solved until the very end in true Agatha Christie fashion.
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