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published
October 14th 2001
(first published 1977)
by St. Martin's Minotaur
binding
Paperback, 288 pages
isbn
0312979762
(isbn13: 9780312979768)
description
A blinding snowstorm--and a homicidal maniac--traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple set-up, Agatha Chri...more
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Read in December, 2007
Perhaps the best thing about Christie plays is that they are short and quickly readable. Perhaps the worst thing about Christie plays is that they are almost inevitably the same, exact thing.
Granted, the most popular and prolific crime mystery writer of our time is simply borrowing from the Bard in regurgitating devices over and over and over again. But it's the hackneyed ways in which she does them that gives a reader pause (while an audience might find delight).
This volume contains two...more
Granted, the most popular and prolific crime mystery writer of our time is simply borrowing from the Bard in regurgitating devices over and over and over again. But it's the hackneyed ways in which she does them that gives a reader pause (while an audience might find delight).
This volume contains two...more
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Read in January, 2008
This book is a book with several stories within it. There are different types too. I didnt like several but there were some that i did like. I liked the very first mystery and the last one. 3 blind mice was my favorite though because i liked how the murders went along with the song. I would reccomend this to anyone who likes murder mysteries. i liked how it was many stories instead of just one because u got to follow different murders.
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Read in January, 2008
I recommend this book to anyone especially those who like mysteries. This book has a lot of short stories and keeps you entertained. The best story in this book is Three Blind Mice and keeps you thinking just like any other Agatha Christie book. This book is good for those who don't normally read mysteries. If you like this book I recommend And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express.
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
People who like Agatha Christie or anyone who likes mysteries
This is a collection of several of Agatha Christies short mystery stories. It is really good, and like all of her other books, they never fail to surprise you. The culprit is always a surprise, and if you like that sort of thing, then this is the author for you.
My favorite in this collection is Three Blind Mice- the 1st story. The culprit is extremely surprising, and I love that.
My favorite in this collection is Three Blind Mice- the 1st story. The culprit is extremely surprising, and I love that.
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Read in June, 2008
I read most of these short stories last summer, so they had lost some of their punch. it was more of an intellectual exercise, since "Three Blind Mice" is the story "The Mousetrap" (the Christie play I teach) is based on. The story is more logical, but that's because the play needed more drama.
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I love Christie's shorts! (Wait.. no, not like THAT!) They're just fun little whodunits with broad, archetypal characterization. You know people JUST LIKE THAT... only of course nobody's ever REALLY like that. Sometimes funny, sometimes chilling, often heartwarming - and always fun.
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A group of short stories by the mystery master. In the title story a murder takes place in a boarding house where several people have gathered during a snowstorm. After a policeman arrives, another murder occurs. I think the play The Mousetrap was based on this story.
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Very suspenseful...I would love to watch this on stage! The little honeymooners sub-plot is a bit goofy, but so are newlyweds, I suppose.
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recommends it for:
Mystery fans.
The best of Agatha Christie! It always amazes me to think how blood-curdling and sadistic that little old lady's could writing could be.
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Read in March, 2008
Simple, obvious short story.. but aptly written and enjoyable.
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One of my favorite plays I've had the pleasure of performing in.
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Read in February, 2000
Excellent! Especially the 'Three Blind Mice' story.
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Agatha Christie:
Poirot and Hastings jointly investigate in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Big Four, The Underdog and Other Stories, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, The ABC Murders, Dumb Witness, The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, Three Blind Mice, Double Sin and other stories, as well as ...?
a. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
b. Death in the Clouds
c. Hickory Dickory Dock
d. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
e. Cat Among the Pigeons
f. Curtain
g. All of the above.
h. None of the above.
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Poirot and Hastings jointly investigate in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates, The Big Four, The Underdog and Other Stories, Peril at End House, Lord Edgware Dies, The ABC Murders, Dumb Witness, The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, Three Blind Mice, Double Sin and other stories, as well as ...?
a. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
b. Death in the Clouds
c. Hickory Dickory Dock
d. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
e. Cat Among the Pigeons
f. Curtain
g. All of the above.
h. None of the above.
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