AGATHA CHRISTIE Ultimate Collection: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary, The Murder on the Links, The Man in the Brown Suit & Poirot Investigates
This ebook collection contains the following works of Agatha
The Mysterious Affair At Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder On The Links The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim The Adventure of the "Western Star" The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of the Hunter's Lodge The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The Case of the Missing Will The Chocolate Box The Veiled Lady The Lost Mine The Affair at the Victory Ball The Adventure of the Clapham Cook The Cornish Mystery The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly The Double Clue The King of Clubs The Lemesurier Inheritance The Plymouth Express The Submarine Plans The Market Basing Mystery
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.
Apart from Chimneys I think I have all the other stories in this collection in either paperback or electronic form. I'm not sure about the short stories as it is not easy to remember all the individual titles. Nonetheless, this is a great collection and if you are new to Agatha Christie, it's a good place to start.
Agatha Christie is such a wonderful writer and her mysteries are truly amazing. She has the ability to keep you guessing for so much of the story and often until the delightful endings. I loved each story, but my favorite is The Secret Chimneys, which had me constantly changing my mind as who/what was happening. It's no wonder she is considered one of the top writers of all times.
Well, the description was misleading. I read this collection because many titles by the author in this book I have not read yet. But this collection only have 7 titles and I already read all of them.
Who would dare say anything bad about a story written by Agatha Christie. I don't think I have ever read a boring story written by her. She is guaranteed to keep you reading...