Agatha Christie Crime Collection, #7: Ordeal by Innocence / One, Two Buckle my Shoe / Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Mystery, Agatha Christie

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

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

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first foray into the world of Agatha Christie which is weird because I devour mysteries, I can’t think why I have never read her work before. I chose this one because of the season, it felt right to read about a Christmas pudding at Christmas time. I enjoyed the stories and particularly liked the character of Hercule Poirot who popped up in most of them.

[Nada · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed all three books in this collection. They were thought provoking and provided escape into bygone eras.

[Catsalive · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Ordeal By Innocence : 7/10 : read 2010

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe : 8/10 : read 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding : 8/10: read 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016

[Nivedita]

Another murder mystery from Agatha Christie series...all the fans will like it ..surely..the middle of novel pages catches up like fire on you..