Book #256 of 2021: The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie As in the detectives’ respective novels, the five stories in this collection about Hercule Poirot are of variable quality, the one about Miss Marple is a touch stronger, and the two about Parker Pyne are a bit worse. (The latter’s whole schtick …
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Book #87 of 2021: Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie Honestly, a better name for this 1934 collection might be “Parker Pyne Instigates.” In less than half of these stories does that fellow do any real investigative work; the majority of the time he instead constructs elaborate confidence schemes to make his patrons feel happy …
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