Triangle at Rhodes / The Incredible Theft

by Agatha Christie, David Suchet (Contributor)

Hercule Poirot Investigates Stories. 2 cassettes.

Genres: Agatha Christie, Mystery, Short Stories

Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 1989

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

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two of Christie's Poirot shorts.

Triangle at Rhodes
A love triangle turns deadly in a way I didn't see coming!
Poirot and the other guests notice that the resident hotel hottie appears to be quickly stealing a mousy woman's handsome husband, while simultaneously angering her own.



The Incredible Theft
The theft of secret bomber plans at a house party means everything needs to be kept hush-hush.
One of Lord Mayfield's guests is widely suspected to be a spy. Unfortunately, it looks like they have quite a tidy alibi for the time the papers went missing.



Both of these are decent, but I think you'd get more bang for your buck if you opt for a larger collection.

[Ziesha Fernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

a very short read. liked it.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here we have two completely different types of novels, The Incredible Theft, as the title implies revolves around the mysterious theft of some important aircraft designs. The Triangle at Rhodes sees Poitrot on holiday with drama and mayhem following him wherever he goes.

[Barbara Nutting · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read 2020

[Fred Frisbee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed both books. The theft was good although a little unsatisfying and the Rhodes one although a nice twist was written obviously enough that you felt like it had been deliberately swindled.

I guess the short stories don't carry the same heft as the bigger ones.

[Celien Derboven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice, very short (short story 4/4)