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A quick question to my fellow Littens. I'm trying to give Agatha Christie another shot... which one of her books do you recommend I read?

I have read Absent in the Spring, and was not a fan.

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Lisaw13 I liked And Then There Were None. 7y

Nat_Reads Murder on the Orient Express! 7y

rabbitprincess My first was her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Classic! 7y

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AlaMich I agree with the above and also mention The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 7y

DiruVamp And Then There Were None has always been one of my favorites 7y

Mollyanna I second And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. Also Cards on the Table. 7y

Andrew65 I would agree with people on here, And Then There Were None, and Murder on the Orient Express. I also enjoyed the Mrs Marple book

The Body in the Library

cizzy You must read And Then There Were None it's a quick read and it sparked my lifelong love of Christie! 7y

booklvr39 And Then There Were None 7y

CogsOfEncouragement

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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SaraBeagle I second

And Then There Were None

Amanda.T I didn‘t enjoy my first Christie either, but decided to give her another try with Murder on the Orient Express and I ended up loving it. 7y

MamaGina Cosign

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

erzascarletbookgasm The one you‘ve read, written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, is not one of her mystery books. Agree with the suggestions by the others :) 7y

batsy Having just read Shirley Jackson's amazing We Have Always Lived in the Castle, I'm going to suggest Crooked House, which has Jacksony elements. Although it was before Jackson's time! Lol

Crooked House

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rabbitprincess

Ask a Policeman | Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Gladys Mitchell, Helen Simpson

so-so

An interesting experiment. Possibly better for more hardcore fans of the Golden Age detectives. There is a level of parody and in-joking that a more casual reader might miss. I liked Wimsey's solution best. The solution presented by Milward Kennedy felt like a rip-off (although he freely admits to not playing fair).

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rabbitprincess

Ask a Policeman | Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Gladys Mitchell, Helen Simpson

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Edit to add: Agatha is listed as the author because she wrote a preface to the edition I read.

VioletBramble š‚ 7y

Dragon Homicidal archbishops, it must be a Christie š‚ 7y

rabbitprincess @VioletBramble The best part is Bunter coming up with a reasonable outfit! @Dragon It's Anthony Berkeley parodying Dorothy L. Sayers, but that's certainly the right era! And Agatha does write the preface to this book š 7y

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rabbitprincess

Ask a Policeman | Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Detection Club, Anthony Berkeley, Gladys Mitchell, Helen Simpson

Naturally, the blue police box on the cover of this book makes me think of the Tardis.

Laura317 Naturally! 7y

Liatrek Loveā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸ā¯¤ļø¸the mini tardis 7y

rabbitprincess @Liatrek It came with my Twelfth Doctor action figure š„ @Laura317 It has to have been a conscious choice on the cover designer's part š‰ 7y

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