The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection

by Agatha Christie

The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection: 50 of Agatha Christie's most popular books plus her autobiography. Navy/gold gilt hardcovers. An Autobiography, A Holiday For Murder, A Murder is Announced, A Pocketful of Rye, Akhnaton, At Bertram's Hotel, The Body in the Library, Cards on the Table, Clocks, Come Tell Me How You Live, Crooked House, Curtain, Double Sin and Other Stories, Dumb Witness, Easy to Kill, Elephants Can Remember, Endless Night, Evil Under the Sun, Halloween Party, Lord Edgeware Dies, Mirror Crack'd, The Moving Finger, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Mrs. Parker Pyne Detective, Murder in Mesopotamia, Murder in Retrospect, Murder in the Mews, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder with Mirrors, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Mystery of the Blue Train, N O R M, Nemesis, Ordeal by Innocence, Passenger to Frankfurt, Peril at End House, Poems, The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, The Seven Dials Mystery, The Sitaford Mystery, Sleeping Murder, Taken at the Flood, They Came to Baghdad, Third Girl, Three Act Tragedy, Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, Towards Zero, The Under Dog and Other Stories, What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw.

Genres: Agatha Christie, Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Classics, Novels

231 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 1983

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

[George Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you think Agatha is just for your grandma, think again. Smart, witty, surprising, great detail of character. She set the template and because others copied, you tend to think that she must be a hack, but she's the real deal. If you treat yourself to the read, you'll be glad you did.

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic

[Marty Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

What can I say about Agatha Christie that hasn't already been said? If you have never read any of her work then you have seriously missed out. Start now and you won't be disappointed.

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To SEE a WORLD in a Grain of Sand,
And a HEAVEN in a Wild Flower,
Hold INFINITY in the palm of your hand
And ETERNITY in an Hour"
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Form is Emptiness; Emptiness is form.
Form is not different than Emptiness;
Emptiness is not different than form
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Like the ocean and its waves,
inseparable yet distinct

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" I and The Father are one,
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Thy kingdom come.
Let the reign of divine
Truth, Life, and Love
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and may Thy Word
enrich the affections of all mankind

A mighty oak tree standing firm against the storm,
As sunlight scatters the shadows of night
A river nourishing the land it flows through

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[Ecem Polat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved every minute of this book. The book's been comprised of short stories where retired detective Mr. Parker Pyne helps people who are discomforted and unhappy with their lives. He uses statistics and his years of working experience to solve their problems. It teaches you great things while you are enjoying the mysterious events.

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read The Murder At the Vicarage, a separate book in the Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. I had read it a few years ago, but had forgotten the plot. I enjoyed reading this, and as usual with Miss Marple books, I never anticipated the ending.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a collection of short stories, so it was really fun to have the mystery solved in one sitting. A few stories are narrated solely from memory vs while they are happening and I did start skipping those because they were hard to follow.

[Lis Boza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro de muchas historias... Personajes, paisajes y vibes diferentes, pero siempre ese mood elegante de época en cada cuento, mis favs fueron "swan song" y "the lamp" y El que me puso más triste fue "next to a dog" hubo algunos que pasaron sin pena ni gloria jeje

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I devoured every single one of Dame Agatha’s books in high school and loved every one.

[Diane Large · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Agatha Christie mystery. She develops such strong characters.

[Barbara Nutting · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the collection my library stocks - I’ve read all of these.

[Mana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Agatha Christie really is the queen of mistery. I can read and re-read her work and always find something new and intriguing in her novels.

When I read her books I am in my comfort zone. :)

[Cambria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant as ever.

[Alex Gorham · Rating 5 out of 5]

“The Labors of Hercules”
by Agatha Christie
A Book Report by Alex Gorham

In Agatha Christie’ Mystery Collection The Labors of Hercules, her greatest detective, Hercule Poirot, uses his little grey cells to solve 12 cases before he retires. These 12 cases are to be his crowning achievement, since each particular case shares characteristics with one of the mythical labors of the legendary Greek hero, Hercules, for whom he is named. In the first story, Poirot endeavors to find the kidnapper of a
Pekingese dog named Shan-Tung, who was stolen in a park where his leash (or
lead) was cut. The dog was returned after payment of 200 pounds ransom.

In Poirot's mind somehow this dog seems as fierce as the deadly Lion of Nemea
in Greek mythology which was invulnerable to all mortal weapons. The hero, Hercules had to use his godlike strength to strangle the beast as his first labor, and afterwards wore its skin. To investigate the crime, Poirot meets with the victim, Lady Joseph, and her servant, Miss Carnaby, who lost the dog. Poirot discovers that the ransom is mailed to a hotel where letters often come to people without an address. Poirot dispatches his trusty valet, Georges, to stake out the hotel. Poirot learns that there is a ring of retired servants who are kidnapping Pekingese dogs. The mysterious ring leader owns a Pekingese dog named Augustus. Augustus is the stand-in for the kidnapped dog, and is smart enough to always find his way home after his lead is cut. The ladies use the ransoms to support a fund for underpaid servants or servants who have been fired or dismissed.

Poirot is sympathetic but explains that he must return the money to Sir Joseph.
One of the servants remarks that she is often insulted by Lady Joseph who
accused her of tampering with her tonic, which tasted bitter. Poirot deduces
that Sir Joseph is poisoning his wife. Poirot meets Sir Joseph and says he can
either take the returned ransom money or learn the name of the criminal. Sir
Joseph takes the money. Poirot then tells Sir Joseph that he reminds him of
man who poisoned his wife, so that he could marry his secretary. Poirot thus
prevents a murder and Sir Joseph is so upset, he gives the money back to
Poirot, who in turn sends it to the infamous Pekingese-dog-stealing ringleader. To learn the identity of this ring leader, read this exciting story which has many twists and turns, although perhaps a real lion could have made it better. Reports on the remaining eleven labors will soon follow.

[Toni Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I collected all of these lovely books over several years in the 1980s thru the 1990s. I love Agatha Christie!!! These books are beautifully made and this collection goes chronologically. You might find some for sale on EBAY.

[Maryc]

read this collection one summer in Charleston

[Estelle Haward]

As per usual, excellent...

[Minakshi Chakraborty · Rating 4 out of 5]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Federica Rossini · Rating 5 out of 5]

beh...Agatha Christie non ha bisogno del mio parere. Grande, il mio idolo e spero un giorno di scrivere bene come lei

[Geraldine Carlos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sangre en la piscina *_*