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redfiona99I know I said I was going to expand my reading horizons but when I find myself in times of trouble, Agatha Christie comforts me. I also owe the Gutenberg Project for putting it online.
The Mysterious Affair At Styles is a solid book, and a good introduction to Poirot.
What I find most interesting about it however is how much you can see Christie developing from it. It's got all the building blocks of your average Poirot, the country house, the summation in the drawing room, but it's lacking some of the small character bits that the later Christies have.
It's also clear how much Hugh Fraser brings to Hastings in the adaptations, because this Hastings is nowhere near as charmingly adorkable. He really is just dim.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
The Regatta Mystery by Agatha Christie
Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie
Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Are all Christies, several of which I have read.
The Mysterious Affair At Styles is a solid book, and a good introduction to Poirot.
What I find most interesting about it however is how much you can see Christie developing from it. It's got all the building blocks of your average Poirot, the country house, the summation in the drawing room, but it's lacking some of the small character bits that the later Christies have.
It's also clear how much Hugh Fraser brings to Hastings in the adaptations, because this Hastings is nowhere near as charmingly adorkable. He really is just dim.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
The Regatta Mystery by Agatha Christie
Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) by Agatha Christie
Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Are all Christies, several of which I have read.
