The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories: Volume 1

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Detective, Agatha Christie, Classics

344 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2003

About the author

Agatha 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)

Reviews

[Bailey Bridgewater · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got about 100 pages in and couldn't do it anymore. I really wanted to give Ms. Christie another try because I really WANT to like her writing! I love a good detective story, but these are so close to the Sherlock Holmes stories that they nearly feel like plagiarism. The sidekick character/narrator may as well be Watson, and Poirot is just Sherlock in another time period. Some of the plots are just absurd. Given that I also tried and didn't enjoy Murder on the Orient Express, I'm not sure I'll give her another shot. There are too many more enjoyable things to read.

[Cindy B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Money Mad Ghoul" well performed by a cast of actors.