Name: The adventure of the Christmas pudding
ISBN: 9780006140764

Agatha Christie

and a selection of entrées

The adventure of the Christmas pudding

Vienna Ng

Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding... then the discovery of a corpse in a chest... next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder... the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits... and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these five baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

C. J. Daley 

So I bought this book on Amazon. It is only 292 pages but none of the options matched that. Even when I scanned the barcode it brought up a cover that didn’t match and neither did the page count so that was a bit weird. 

I would say 3.5* overall and rounded up. 


The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 4*
The Underdog 4*
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds 3*
The Dream 3*
Greenshaw’s Folly 3*

Most of these stories are only hurt because they are short and therefore less flushed out. Some of them are obviously short because their plots are a little crazier than usual though. 

Also I am not yet familiar with Miss Marple so that definitely hurt my enjoyment of Greenshaw’s Folly. Either way I’m not sure why it’s included in this at all? It’s also a bit strange that a book with 5 short stories is simply titled as the name of the first story? Also if you look under Hercule Poirot this is marked as the 35th “book” however it clearly isn’t a cohesive story at all? 

At least Christie is a consistently readable author as she is a delightful writer.

Janna Niemi

The stories are good. I’ve seen them as part of one the TV movies and still they were very different to me. Poirot is also simply a different character in the books. 
Christie’s work is, as always, marvelous

Sarah Escorsa

Well I have to say this was very enjoyable indeed! I had already read "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" and seen the TV adaptation but the full-cast dramatization, background sounds and effects made this audio book a delight to listen to!

(4 stars for the first story The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding) 

Mirjana Prodan

Anna Adams

I think this is my first Poirot short story, and I really enjoyed it. Familiar Poirot things and a good mystery!

The adventure of the Christmas pudding and a selection of entrées

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