The most beloved characters by the most popular crime writer of all timetogether in her largest compendium of stories ever. Agatha Christie is the worlds most popular writer in modern times and her books have only been outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare. Best remembered for such classic crime novels as Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, and Death on the Nile, her works have been cherished by generations of readers. Christie, however, was also a master of the shorter crime story and this volume collects some of her finest short pieces. Each of these thirty-nine stories features one of Christies famous detectives Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, and Harley Quinin some of their most baffling and intriguing cases, as these ingenious Christie tales show how satisfying and compelling the crime short story can be.
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Agatha Christie Book Collection!
___Agatha Christie is the world’s best-known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. ___Her writing career spanned more than half a century, during which she wrote 80 novels and short story collections, as well as 14 plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history. Two of the characters she created, the brilliant little Belgian Hercule Poirot and the irrepressible and relentless Miss Marple, went on to become world-famous detectives. Both have been widely dramatized in feature films and made-for-TV movies. ___Agatha Christie also wrote romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. As well, she wrote four non-fiction books including an autobiography and an entertaining account of the many expeditions she shared with her archaeologist husband, Sir Max Mallowan.
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This, the first Wexford novel and Rendell's debut in the world of the
published writer, is a remarkable crime novel, for several reasons.
Firstly, and most importantly of course, it is an excellent mystery; a
brilliant puzzle, worthy of Agatha Christie. The investigation twists
and turns down unexpected paths, and the diligent Inspector Wexford
follows each clue faithfully, until the entirely satisfying and
surprising solution. However, unlike Christie, Rendell's mystery is
more rounded. It is more socially conscious (although that's not at al
to say that some of Christie's weren't; she was excellent at the divide
between the upper- and lower-classes), the characters are more real,
more developed, more human and thus more interesting. The writing is
also better; more compelling, with greater clarity; precision.
In addition to an analysis of the detective fiction genre as a whole, this CliffsNotes volume covers the following novels and stories: Moonstone by Wilkie Colins "The Adventures of the Speckled Bird" by A. Conana Doyle Whose Body? by Dorothy Sayers The Benson Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine The Murder of Roger Achroyd by Agatha Christie What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! by Agatha Christie The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham Black Orchids by Rex Stout The List of Adrian Messenger by Philip MacDonald Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters.
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Agatha Christie wrote six non-detective novels under the pen name "Mary Westmacott". These novels are A Daughter's a Daughter, Absent in the Spring, The Burden, The Giant's Bread, The Rose and the Yew Tree and Unfinished Portrait.
