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Thanks for your reply tiq.

Which Agatha Christie book did you read? I started with possibly the worst one to begin with called 'Curtain' and then read 'The Labours of Hercules.' These books possibly should have put me off but I was only aged about eight or nine and a bit thrilled and excited to be allowed to read 'adult books'.

Next came 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' and 'Death on the Nile' and then I was well and truly hooked.I think you may well eventually enjoy Agatha Christie if you just read the right book to interest you.
Her earlier work differs from her later novels by a wide margin.

I'm sure others here could recommend a good book to begin with if you ever decide to give Mrs Mallowan another chance!

Regards

Pete

pete9012S wrote:I started with possibly the worst one to begin with called 'Curtain'

As Poirot would say, "Imbecile, mon ami!"

As for keeping up with the characters, tiq, I find the Agatha Christie Who's Who an invaluable help when reading one of her books!

On Dec. 20th, 2012 pete9012S wrote:
"Which Agatha Christie book did you read?"

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The radio spoof that brought forth an interest was "The House Trap, or Five Little Sniggers" and it wasn't the Jimmy Edwards mob as stated - it featured in "Beyond our Ken" (1963).

Five people met up in an old mansion and were bumped off one-by-one so it wasn't hard relating the plot to Christie's "Ten Little Niggers" because the book (child's' version) was in every nursery and we'd all read about the ten little nigger boys experiencing various accidents until there was only one left.

Primed up with this scenario I thought it would be an ideal 'first' so last year I indulged but, as is often the case, it became too 'complicado.' Now I can't even remember how it ends or 'who dun it,' which is good because I can't give the ending way. Moonraker's suggestion is a helpful one if I can get round to sampling another in the collected works.

tiq wrote:Moonraker's suggestion is a helpful one if I can get round to sampling another in the collected works.

Try The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, tiq. If you don't like that, then Agatha Christie probably isn't for you.

Moonraker (Dec. 22nd, 2012):

"If you don't like that, then Agatha Christie probably isn't for you."

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Thank you.

That's a good suggestion because it's 'open and shut.'

Next time I visit the library I'll search out "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd."

A question for those Christie fans out there. I was thinking of picking an Agatha Christie as my book club choice, would you recommend choosing this one (Murder of Roger Ackroyd) or would another be better? I need 8 copies, is it better to get older second hand copies or newer ones. You don't know which books have been "tampered" with these days.

This blog answers some questions regarding editing and also suggests reading titles suitable for a book club...

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Also, here is a link to lots of other Agatha Christie bloggers...

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I might have mentioned this before, but iTunes used to have a really great collection of Agatha Christie radio plays from the 1940s in their podcast section titled "Old Time Radio". I don't know if anyone else has this collection, but it is really good. Unfortunately iTunes yanked it from their store, but I was fortunate in being able to download about 18 titles before that happened. I also downloaded a lot of Christie audiobooks from their store, which are read by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser. Very nicely read, and they are still available.

Cat Among the Pigeons is one of my favourite Poirots. There was also a brilliant television adaptation which was very faithful to the book. Harriet Walters played the headmistress and was great.

I agree, Abby, a great book and a good tv adaptation. Welcome to the forums, by he way. Do feel free to tell us a bit about yourself on the Introduce Yourself thread!

How spooky - I'd literally just finished looking on E-Bay at Agatha Christie books, and the top topic on here was Agatha Christie!

My family have just discovered some rather shabby paperbacks from the 1960s and I was trying to see if it would be worth them trying to sell them on E-bay. Talk about looking for a needle in a haystack - there are hundreds, if not thousands of Agatha Christie books listed. It's going to take quite a bit of sleuthing to work out what is worth selling or not.

You'll need Jane Marple on the Case then, Katharine!

After a lot of patient searching I have finally got my hands on a set of Paul Hamlyn special edition Agatha Christie hardbacks.
The Complete Crime Collection is a 24 Volume Set.( This is a set of 24 books, each holding 3 stories.)My set above comprises 23 books for £21..
That leaves me one book to get,but I already own eight,so chances are I may already have volume 24!



All the books are covered by dustwrapper and I always think the cover underneath looks attractive too!



There are just a few stragglers by Agatha Christie to collect,published after 1972 when this set was released,but I can easily pick up the remaining ones I need in their original hardback dust wrapped guise!

Looks like a wonderful collection, Pete!

Thanks Ming.I was going to increase my collection slowly at around £3 per book plus postage and then this offer came along!