Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
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Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
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#2I first discovered Agatha Christie in middle school at a book fair. "The Alphabet Murders". The story twisted in such a way I had never experienced before. I was used to being "smarter than the author" and being able to guess where a story was headed. That experience prompted me to at least 30 of her other books and several collections of short stories. Highly Recommended!
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#4The essential Agatha (IMHO):
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder on the Orient Express
Curtain
Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
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#5The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
I would add "And Then There Were None"
Haven't actually read Curtain, I will now immediately go buy it!
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#6The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
What happened to 10 little Indians (or then there were none). I guess they changed the title for political correctness, unless I'm missing something?
In any case, greatest mystery novel of all time.
Re: Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
#7The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
I'll have to see curtain to my list, then. I'll second the first two. Very fun novels. Haven't seen the new movie. Guessing it is ok, but different. At best.
Re: Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
#8The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
While I vastly prefer hardboiled fiction from Chandler and Hammett to the classic Detective Stories, "The Murder of Roger Akroyd" is a brilliant work that I highly recommend to anybody who likes mysteries or detective fiction.
Re: Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
#9The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
I would add "And Then There Were None" Haven't actually read Curtain, I will now immediately go buy it!
Oh yeah, that one too. I didn't put it on my list because, ironically, I never read it. I saw the play when I was a kid so I never bothered to read the book.
Re: Agatha Christie’s life rivaled the mysteries she created
#10The essential Agatha (IMHO): The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Murder on the Orient Express Curtain Can't tell you why without spoiling it though. You have to read them.
One obscure one that I remember enjoying and thinking was underrated was "Dumb Witness".