Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Hollow / The Moving Finger / Three Act Tragedy

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Agatha Christie, Collections, Crime

512 pages, Hardcover

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

[Pamela Hofman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I only read 'The Hollow' this time but Goodreads isn't listing it singly.

This one was particularly good. I couldn't figure out at all the direction it was leading and the end was a complete surprise. The quirks of personality for several of the characters were written so well with much more depth than Christie sometimes gives. This one might haunt me a bit.

[Kelly Dwyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was unlike any Agatha Christie book I've ever read (or, in this case, listened to). It starts with deeply developed character development, which continues throughout, but Poirot doesn't even show up until about one-third to halfway in. The characters are deeply developed, the plot is surprising, and this is the most well-written novel by Christie I've ever read. It's different! But if you don't mind different, I recommend.

[Hannah Phoenix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely love this boom. Captivating, intriguing , you simply can't stop reading because at every sentence, every page, you feel the necessity to find out more and more.

[Catsalive · Rating 4 out of 5]

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The Hollow : 7/10: read 2010, 2011, 2014

The Moving Finger : 8/10 : read 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016

Three Act Tragedy : 8/10 : read 2012, 2104