The Agatha Christie Collection

Up until I read this book, my exposure to Agatha Christie was rather low and the books I had read were not the ones that would impress most. This book has largely changed my opinion of her. The books have great characters and besides mystery, have strong espionage and spy thriller aspects to them along with some of the Edwardian sensational novel things I tend to like.The one downside is with the formatting in this book. In fact, there are not 292 pages but much closer to 1500. The first two stories will get you to the end of the numbered pages and everything after that is printed on about 120p pages all with the last page number. This might make navigating by page number difficult but the navigable table of contents deals with this weirdness just fine.I still think a lot of Christie's rivals in this early period such as Annie Hanes don't get the credit they deserve and were comparable in goodness to Christie, but I have to say I liked everything in this book and I understand why she is seen as being so great. It is also mis-genred as there are no plays in this work as the Amazon tags might have you believe.

Agatha Christie writes in a manner that is timeless. The words flow, the plot is well thought out, and the characters are wonderful! This is a delightful collection!

I love Agatha Christie's books, so this collection is great fun. I gave it four stars instead of five because of misspellings and formatting mistakes sprinkled throughout the books. However, these mistakes are not very frequent and are easy for me to get past. Most of the stories in this collection are Hercule Poirot, and most of them are short stories, not full-length books. Still, for the money, it was definitely worth every penny!

Agatha Christie writes sparkling prose and her plots are intricate and fun, so nothing to complain about there. The first three titles are short novels with chapters. The remaining titles are short stories. Nothing to complain about there either.However, in the Kindle edition, at the beginning of the novelette, The Murder on the Links, we find we are on page 291, and after that ALL the pages are page 291. Everything else in this book is on page 291. Even in the Table of Contents, it shows that every story after the first two are on page 291. Apart from just plain logic telling you that not every page can be page 291, if you open the menu to look at "About This Book" the menu states that the typical time to read it is 20 hours and 47 minutes. It surely is more than 291 pages, but I'm not sure that it's big enough to take 20 hours to read. I'm not sure, though, because I don't know how many pages are actually in this book!I decided to do a little sleuthing. I looked at the paperback version of this book. The paperback version purports to contain only two titles {the first two in this collection), and it states in the publisher's details that the book is 290 pages long, which is correct: that is the page on which the The Secret Adversary ends. So I think at some point the publisher decided to add the third novelette and the short stories, but forgot about the pagination. So who knows how long this book is or how long it would actually take to read? At the beginning of The Murder on the Links, my Kindle tells me that I am at 42%. So probably the book is about 700 pages long.I have not noticed any of the typos or formatting problems noted by another Kindle reader.

This ensemble of Dame Agatha tales is sure to delight whodunnit aficionados. It's a one-stop-book for the queen of mystery's more famous stories such as The Mysterious Affair at Styles; The Secret Adversary; The Murder on the Links; Poirot Investigates; The Man in the Brown Suit; The Secret of Chimneys; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; The Big Four; and Poirot's Early Cases.I enjoyed re-reading some of the more well-known tales again and found the collection of short stories in Poirot's Early Cases quite entertaining. Most I had not read before--so it was great finding some new tales from one of my favorite authors. Great book for Agatha Christie fans!

Excellent group of stories! Love all the Peroit ones and the others too. What a great way to get well acquainted with Agatha Christie's works. Great collection.

The Mysterious Affair At Styles featuring Hercule Poirot and The Secret Adversary with Tommy and Tuppence. First, sit back and enjoy how Poirot uses his “little gray cells” to discover who poisoned Emily Inglethrop. Then follow Tommy and Tuppence on their first assignment plunging them into unsuspecting danger of conspiracy. Enjoy!

Some formatting errors but a superb read to take on vacation. Lots of entertainment in a portable form, and all for just a few dollars.

Absolut Super, ich wusste ja das sie "Die Mutter aller Krimis" genannt wurde, und ich kenne die Filme, aber diese Bücher sind so gut ich kann es nicht zur Seite legen, man fühlt sich mittendrin und ich verstehe jetzt warum sie "Die Mutter aller Krimis" ist.Hatte das Angebot wegen dem Preis gekauft dachte kann man nix falsch machen, ich bin so froh kann es wirklich nur empfehlen!!

The book only has 8 books, not the amount described.

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A fantastic book for Agatha Christie fans with a selection of books & short stories the only fault I have found is that drawings/plans etc which are described in the story & you are told they are on the next page are not there but for the super cheap price this collection cost it is maybe understandable & doesn't really spoil the story especially if like me you have read them many times before.