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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
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This collection of short stories includes two Lord Peter Wimsey Stories (“In the Teeth of the Evidence,” and “Absolutely Elsewhere”), five Montague Egg stories (“A Shot at Goal,” “Dirt Cheap,” “Bitter Almonds,” “False Weight,” and “The Professor’s Manuscript”). There are also several stories which feature neither of Dorothy L. Sayers main characters – “The Milk Bottles,” “Dilemma,” “An Arrow O’er the House,” “Scrawns,” “Nebuchadnezzar,” “The Inspiration of Mr Budd,” “Blood Sacrifice,” “Suspicion
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Of the 17 stories in this collection only two feature Wimsey, five feature the delightful Montague Egg and the rest are stand-alone. Some of these latter stories remind me of the No9 TV series with their black comedy and the last one - "The Cyprian Cat" - seems to stray into Agatha Christie territory with its supernatural elements.
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They say, "Dead men tell no tales.", but the charred remains of a man certainly has a lot to say....A murder has been committed, but everyone involved seems to have perfect alibis, alibis which are a bit too good to be true...A small-time salesman with a curious name gets entangled in a series of adventures...Just some of the tales in this short story collection by Sayers. It was hard for me to pull myself away from this book. One of my favorites from 2018!
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Aug 05, 2012
Leslie
rated it
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short-stories,
mysteries
2022 reread: I don't care for the miscellaneous short stories in the second half of the book as well as the Wimsey and Montague Egg ones in the first half.
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3.5 stars really for this. I'm not keen on short stories but I do like Egg and a couple were quite good.
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Dec 28, 2015
Danielle
marked it as to-read
Oct 17, 2016
Cat {Pemberley and Beyond}
marked it as to-read
Sep 25, 2017
Rachel Burke
marked it as want-to-buy
Jul 16, 2022
Lady Wesley
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really liked it
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