A collection of Agatha Christie stories, "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" gives you a little snippet of Christmas and a few other stories to keep you entertained for a short time. Nothing amazing, but enjoyable nonetheless - 3...
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
by Agatha Christie
Publication date: September 30, 2002
Publisher: Harper
I actually listened to the audiobook, but cannot find these details online! The above are details for the paperback version.
Summary:
An English country house at Christmas time should be the perfect place to get away from it all – but nothing is ever simple for Hercule Poirot, as he finds not one but five baffling cases to solve.
First comes a sinister warning on his pillow to avoid the plum pudding…then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…next, an overheard quarrel that leads to murder…the strange case of a dead man’s eating habits…and the puzzle of a victim who dreams of his own suicide.
Add an extra bonus – Miss Marple investigates Greenshaw’s Folly.
Source: Goodreads
Thoughts:
Did I pick this up because it’s nearly Christmas and this appeared to be a book about a Christmas pudding? Yes, absolutely! Was I kind of disappointed to learn that this is actually a collection of short stories and only one of them had anything to do with Christmas? Yes, kind of…
This collection tells six stories:
Set at Christmas time, the first in this collection and the titular story, “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” sees Hercules Poirot invited to a house where a ruby has gone missing. As you’d expect from any Poirot story, this was a cosy mystery and I won’t ruin any of the details for you. A fun tale, I enjoyed this quite a lot, nicely wrapped up by the detective, of course.
The other stories sadly have nothing to do with Christmas and I can’t say that they were all that memorable. As you might expect from a collection, this is a mixed bag and some of the other short stories were a little less engaging for me. I actually found I liked the last, “Greenshaw’s Folly”, a Miss Marple tale, the most. It was a really clever story which I’d say was a really nice way to wrap up this book.
I liked that these stories were short and gave me something new to listen to each time I started my commute to work. I haven’t read a lot of Agatha Christie and to be honest, I probably won’t be reading a lot more, but I enjoyed these stories enough to keep me company for a few hours.
Overall rating: A collection of Agatha Christie stories, “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding” gives you a little snippet of Christmas and a few other stories to keep you entertained for a short time. Nothing amazing, but enjoyable nonetheless – 3 stars.
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