![]() Following that are Miss Marple in #2, #3, #4, and #5 Hercule Poirot in #6, #7, and #8, and the intriguing Mr. Of the nine, the 1st is an Agatha Christie standalone - not part of any series. The inimitable Christie at her inventive best - proving her reputation as "the champion deceiver of our time." The New York Times ![]() The book includes this classic and eight more deliciously clever gems (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Harley Quin). Although not aware of it, they are also trapped by a homicidal maniac! Out of this deceptively simple set-up, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers which, in turn, provided the basis for "The Mousetrap," the longest-running play in history. The famous story opens with a blinding snowstorm trapping a small group of owners and guests in an isolated estate, recently re-purposed as a country inn. ![]() ![]() The feature of this nine short story collection is "Three Blind Mice" which is actually a novella. ![]()
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