Sunday, January 2, 2022

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie

 


Title:  The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrated by:  Charles Armstrong

Publisher: Dreamscape Media LLC

Length: Approximately 1 hours and 24 minutes

Source: Purchased from Audible.

 I love a good Christmas mystery.  In this short story, Hercule Poirot is asked to attend a Christmas party to investigate the disappearance of a foreign prince’s valuable ruby.  Poirot partakes in traditional English celebrations while keeping an eye on all of the celebrants.  When one of them ends up dead, will Poirot be able to solve the crime?

 I loved this short story and how it succinctly gave the reader sketches of all of the characters and also had Poirot solve the crime.  It was a pretty lighthearted mystery. I love English traditional Christmas celebrations and enjoyed the descriptions of that as well.  I once again did not solve this mystery and was surprised by the ending.  It did give me a chuckle that like all parties Poirot attends, it did end with a murder. 

 This was actually an early Poirot story and was originally published in 1924 with an update in 1960.  I enjoy Christmas mysteries and especially an Agatha Christie Christmas mystery.  This was a great holiday audiobook.

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