Masterpieces in Miniature : : the Detectives : Stories

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Meeting Parker Pyne -- The case of the middle-aged wife -- The case of the discontented soldier -- The case of the distressed lady -- The case of the discontented husband -- The case of the city clerk -- The case of the rich woman -- Have you got everything you want? -- The gate of Baghdad -- The house at Shiraz -- The pearl of price -- Death on the Nile -- The oracle at Delphi -- Presenting Mr. Harley Quin -- The coming of Mr. Quin -- The shadow on the glass -- At the Bells and Motley -- The sign in the sky -- The soul of the croupier -- The world's end -- The voice in the dark -- The face of Helen -- The dead harlequin -- The bird with the broken wing -- The man from the sea -- Harlequin's Lane -- The love detectives-- The third-floor flat -- The adventure of Johnnie Waverly -- Four and twenty blackbirds -- The double clue -- Double sin -- Wasps' nest -- The theft of the royal ruby -- The second gong -- Strange jest -- Tape-measure murder -- The case of the perfect maid -- The case of the caretaker -- Greenshaw's folly -- Sanctuary.

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Fun to read submitted by Steph on June 30, 2011, 1:20pm Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors, and this collection of short stories are fun to read. Most of them are traditional mysteries, but a few of them are (Witty) sketches about solving problems. The book features popular detectives like Poirot as well as some of Christie's less famous characters, whom I found just as delightful and fun for variety.

Agatha Christie short stories submitted by SolaireFQ on July 30, 2016, 8:45am This is a fun collection of short stories which features four of Agatha Christie's detectives.

Quick reads submitted by purchasingqueen on August 13, 2016, 2:13pm Several detectives and lots of short stories. Easy to pick up/put down.

Four detectives, many short tales submitted by camelsamba on August 31, 2016, 12:02am This collection has four sections for 4 different detectives: Parker Pyne, Harley Quin, Hercule Poirot, and Miss Jane Marple. The Pynr and Quin sections each have a one page introduction by Agatha Christe, describing how she came up with each character and setting out her favorites of the stories. I wonder why that doesn't appear for Poirot or Miss Marple - perhaps because they are more well known? It was interesting to read that "The Mr Quin stories were not written as a series. They were written one at a time at rare intervals. Mr Quin, I consider, is an epicure's taste."