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