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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie

Description: ISBN 0007121083 / Author: Agatha Christie / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short story ... more

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie ... collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding! then the discovery of a corpse in a chest! next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder! the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits! and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these five baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!

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... point, particularly with the brief scene in which David and Diana Middleton go for a walk and Desmond persuades Sarah that to do so is tedious. When she admits later that the overall atmosphere of Kings Lacey is something she secretly enjoys, it is evident that the gaps in the burgeoning relationship are beginning to become apparent. The characters of Mrs and Colonel Lacy are interesting, though not strongly relevant to the investigative part of the narrative. Mrs Lacey is similar in temperament, though not detecti...more

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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie: Christie stirs up a mediocre mixture (1994 words)
by - written on 27/05/09 (Very useful, 19 readings)
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From the light-hearted and straightforward, through to the significantly more complicated, Christie's collection of six reasonably short stories, headed by the eponymous "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" sees both Poirot's and Miss Marple's investigative capabilities put to the test, though never together. Gathering and extending some earlier works together in this compendium in 1960, this group of tales reveals to us the scope of Christie's most famous detective's ability to eradicate the falsehoods and uncover the realities of some perplexing situations. As a diversion from the more intricate full-scale novels, this set of narratives bears further ... Read the complete review

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