Problem at Pollensa Bay is a collection of short stories written by Agatha Christie. I was introduced to sleuth Parker Pyne in the title story of this book and I didn’t care for any of the characters in the story, least of all Parker Pyne. I thought Parker Pyne sounded like porcupine. Story Yellow Iris … Continue reading Book Review. Problem at Pollensa Bay by Agatha Christie
I very much enjoyed reading the stories in this collection. I’m sure I have read 1 or 2 of the stories in other collections and there were 2 stories that did not feature Miss Marple. There was a good overall mix of stories featuring fake policemen, creepy dolls, and pin evidence in this collection so … Continue reading Agatha Christie Miss Marple’s Final Cases
These 12 new stories featuring Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple are written by an impressive variety of writers, such as Lucy Foley, Karen M. McManus and Leigh Bardugo. I think typically short story collections start slowly but the first 3, 4 stories of this collection were very good. They were well written and had neat twists. … Continue reading Book Review: Marple 12 New Stories Written By Various
‘It’s very simple, really,’ said Miss Marple, but A Pocket Full of Rye is anything but. Just when you think you have it worked out; it turns out that you have not. The twists and turns in this story! And what a sad ending too, for Gladys Martin, one of the characters employed as a … Continue reading Book Review. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie.
I thought having the one central character in Sparkling Cyanide, that being Rosemary, meant that you got a constant revolving perception of the woman. Each chapter in the first part of Sparkling Cyanide was dedicated to a character who was around the table in a restaurant, when Rosemary takes her own life, and has some … Continue reading Book Review. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie.
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