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Совсем не люблю современные детективы и криминальные сериалы - не понимаю удовольствия в том, чтобы ковыряться в грязи или щекотать свои нервы, и так стоящие дыбом после рабочего дня.

Но детективы "золотого века", да и даже детективы Чейза - совсем другое дело.
Первые чрезвычайно пуритански изолируют вас от деталей, представляя по сути чисто интеллектуальные загадки. Для своего времени, конечно, они ровно также били по чувствам своих современников, как это делают современные детективы с нами. Очевидно, мне нравится в них вовсе не то что замышляли их авторы, но это вовсе не портит удовольствие.

И даже детективы Чейза, уже более похожие на современные, происходят в настолько устаревшем антураже, что я не могу воспринимать их как что-то реальное и бьющее по нервам.

Рассказики Агаты Кристи в этом сборнике, как всегда великолепны - занятные сюжеты, лампово-теплое изложение.

Это чтение для релаксации, а не чтобы щекотать нервы.

ivana_kroeger's review against another edition

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4.0

Contos presentes no livro:

• O Clube das Terças-feiras (The Tuesday Night Club) - ⭐⭐⭐/5
• A casa do ídolo de Astarte (The Idol House of Astarte) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• Os lingotes de ouro (Ingots of Gold) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• A calçada manchada de sangue (The Blood-Stained Pavement) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• Motivo x Oportunidade (Motive v. Opportunity) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• O hadoque (The Thumb Mark of St. Peter) - ⭐⭐⭐/5
• O gerânio azul (The Blue Geranium) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• A acompanhante (The Companion) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• Os quatro suspeitos (The Four Suspects) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• Uma tragédia de Natal (A Christmas Tragedy) - ⭐⭐/5
• A erva da morte (The Herb of Death) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• O caso do bangalô (The Affair at the Bungalow) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
• Morte por afogamento (Death by Drowning) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

anaidelawless's review against another edition

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5.0

Say what you will, but Agatha Christie is the Queen of crime and these short stories are her best (and I can say that with confidence, because I have read all of them). We find ourselves in the company of a writer, an artist, a lawyer, a doctor, an ex Scotland Yard agent and Miss Marple. The group decides to start a mysteries club, where everyone will present a mystery for others to solve. Watch with awe how Miss Marple puts everyone and their guesses to shame, while knitting. Do I need to say more?

Readathons:
The BookoplAthon: a steal book (a book from TBR of someone else)
Magical Readathon: Orillium - The Novice Path - Obsidian Falls - mystery or thriller

telercoi's review against another edition

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4.0

It seems confirmed now that I do like Christie’s short story collections, but only when they’re not about Poirot. I also am really looking forward to more Miss Marple - I think I only read a small handful of her books as a child but as an adult I really like her quiet intelligence.

nobe4's review against another edition

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didn't really get into the various stories

pewterwolf's review against another edition

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4.0

I have tried Miss Marple twice in recent years - [b:The Murder at the Vicarage|11602151|The Murder at the Vicarage|Agatha Christie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328343048l/11602151._SX50_.jpg|2589654] & [b:At Bertram's Hotel|282857|At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #11)|Agatha Christie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1331541359l/282857._SY75_.jpg|1444048] - and I didn't get on with either of them. But I want to read more Agatha Christie, especially after reading Lucy Worsley's [b:Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman|59822447|Agatha Christie A Very Elusive Woman|Lucy Worsley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1640614383l/59822447._SY75_.jpg|94222915] last year on holiday and decided I wanted to try and read a few more of Agatha's books (the first meant to be [b:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography|10296050|Agatha Christie An Autobiography|Agatha Christie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1484232678l/10296050._SY75_.jpg|3038860]).

But when I saw this new version of the Thirteen Problems audiobook on my library's audiobook app (narrated by Juliet Stevenson), I couldn't resist. Plus, I wanted to see if what everyone has said to me was right: that Poriot works best in novels while Marple works best in short stories.

I get why everyone said this now and I think I agree. This collection was a delight, much to my surprise (like I said, I had audiobooked two Miss Marple in the past few years and neither worked for me).

This has made me want to read more Marple and I have a few titles in mind: either going to try [b:Sleeping Murder|56809461|Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple)|Agatha Christie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1611546531l/56809461._SY75_.jpg|739878] or [b:A Murder is Announced|11063341|A Murder is Announced|Agatha Christie|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1581953394l/11063341._SY75_.jpg|2288775]. I haven't decided which yet.

***Will write a longer, better review in the near future as need some more time to think about it***

mkaybaker07's review against another edition

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3.0

I love Agatha Christie, but I'm not sure if I love short stories. For some reason, I had a lot of trouble getting into and staying focused on these.

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