Yes, I do, Tommy_A_Jones. I prefer Death comes as the end. For me, Endless Night is not a "detective novel" and when I started to see that way, I started to appreciate a little more. I don't think they're marvelous, but they're not so awful. They're nice.
ChristieFanForLife: That is great news that Sophie Hannah will continue writing more Poirot novels. I look forward to the next one with great antisipation.
I thought Endless Night was in desperate need of a recurring Character, I applaud Agatha for trying to write a book in ancient Egypt but I wish it could have been a bit more up-tempo I suppose, less slow, It had the slowness of Endless Night, Sparkling Cyanide and Passenger to Frankfurt but should have had the warmth of And Then There Were None.
@tudes: I tend to agree. The Tuesday club stories come to mind. It feels like AC enjoyed writing Miss Marple stories more than the "on demand" Hercule novels to satisfy her publisher and readers.
Yes I think that too, perhaps it is just that there are more Poirot Short stories so more chance of having a not as good one, I can only think of 3 Miss Marple short stories I would perhaps not rush to read, The Bungalow, The Tape Measure and The Caretaker stories, It used to be Ingots of Gold and The Astatte one too but I like them now.
@shana. I was thinking about this book. I really like it. Of course, there're a lot of great Poirot short stories too, but there're a few that is not so good as Miss Marple. Sometimes, I think Miss Marple's way of solving crimes fits better this type of story (short one) than Poirot.
I agree and the situations The Tuesday Club and The Church in Sanctuary, Srange Jest makes me like Jane Hellier a bit like Death On The Nile makes me like Colonel Race
Oh my god I read the dress maker's doll what with that scary doll I would definitely burned her or even leave that house and am serious about it .. BTW I don't have any phobia of dolls but this one freaked me out.. I don't like these kind of stories which has no "real" end
Infact, a lot of AC"s material can be found in work of other authors.If that's an coincedence I don"t know. Like for instance Hitler alive in Argentina from the infamous "Passenger to Franfurt" and having time to father a son. Read Ira Levin"s "The Boys from Brazil", it has the nazi "Angel of Death" Joseph Mengele and clones instead of sons of Hitler scattered across the world.
I agree, I read over
and over again all the works except Passanger to Frankfort, which I never
finished, and the stories of Mary W.
I like so
much , for many reasons , the ABC
murders,The seven dials mystery, The man in the Brown suit, Murder at the
vicariage, Toward Zero, The moving finger and others but my favourite is The
murder of Roger Ackroyd.
I agree, I read over
and over again all the works except Passanger to Frankfort, which I never
finished, and the stories of Mary W.
I like so
much , for many reasons , the ABC
murders,The seven dials mystery, The man in the Brown suit, Murder at the
vicariage, Toward Zero, The moving finger and others but my favourite is The
murder of Roger Ackroyd.
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I always enjoy Miss Marple short stories.
Of course, there're a lot of great Poirot short stories too, but there're a few that is not so good as Miss Marple.
Sometimes, I think Miss Marple's way of solving crimes fits better this type of story (short one) than Poirot.
I like so much , for many reasons , the ABC murders,The seven dials mystery, The man in the Brown suit, Murder at the vicariage, Toward Zero, The moving finger and others but my favourite is The murder of Roger Ackroyd.
That is my favourite too