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Some of these nine entries are better than others, but overall, they represent a strong if eclectic collection of author Agatha Christie's mystery offerings. With four tales featuring Miss Jane Marple, three involving Hercule Poirot, and even one with her distinctly rarer and borderline-supernatural investigator Harley Quin, the cumulative effect is of a sampler of the writer's various styles of cases and their solutions. (The only piece not to connect to a broader series is the title story, an early prose version of her script for The Mousetrap, which would go on to set the world record for longest consecutive theatrical stage run when it played at London's West End from 1952 until the Covid-19 shutdown in 2020.)

While this probably wouldn't make my list of personal favorite Christie releases, I have enjoyed it for the most part, and I think it would be an excellent introduction for newer readers.

[Content warning for gun violence and gore.]

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