The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

Not all the plots were fantastic but overall they were pretty good and I had fun trying to solve the crime myself. Kindle Edition.īut I liked the other characters too - Jane Helier, Mrs Bantry and Sir Henry were my favourites. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (Miss Marple Mysteries). One could be made to feel incredibly naïve and credulous by her reproachful remark: “But did you believe what they said to you? You shouldn’t do that. Miss Marple has some faint affinity with my own grandmother, also a pink and white pretty old lady who, although having led the most sheltered and Victorian of lives, nevertheless always appeared to be intimately acquainted with all the depths of human depravity.

I was surprised to find I quite enjoyed the short stories - short stories can often be pretty hit or miss, but the dinner party format worked really well to allow readers to get to know the characters while still keeping it interesting and fast paced. And the final story sees Miss Marple seek out one of the guests, Sir Henry, a former Scotland Yard Commissioner to relay her fears about a local murder and ask for his help to pass the information on to the police. The next six are set at a different dinner party with some new guests, following the same format of each guest presenting their crime. The first six stories are set at a dinner party where each guest presents a crime and the others take turns guessing who did it. The Thirteen Problems is the first short story collection featuring Miss Marple and introduce an interesting cast of characters that all come together to test their wits for solving crime.

The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie