When I began my quest to read the works of Agatha Christie, I decided to read the novels in the order they were published. I've managed to do that - more or less. To facilitate the process, I've followed the Agatha Christie bibliography as posted on Wikipedia.
Having finished The Murder at the Vicarage , I checked the bibliography for the next novel - Giant's Bread - which Christie wrote under the nom de plume, Mary Westmacott. I immediately went to the website where I fetch my Christie novels as EPUB and discovered that the works of Mary Westmacott are not included. I've been unable to locate any Mary Westmacott novels for free download.
Next on the list came The Floating Admiral . This was a collaborative detective novel written by fourteen members of the Detection Club in 1931. Unfortunately, this isn't available in the Agatha Christie collection were I obtain my efiles.
It's been my habit to download the files in groups of three. The next three on the list are The Sittaford Mystery, Peril at End House and Lord Edgware Dies . The last two are in the Hercule Poirot canon. I finished reading The Sittaford Mystery last night and will proceed to Peril at End House later today.
I did not realize at first that the Agatha Christie bibliography on the Wikipedia page lists the novels and short story collections separately. Accordingly, I should have read the short story collections, Partners in Crime and The Mysterious Mr Quin before The Murder at the Vicarage. As neither of those collections include my favorites - Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot - and as I have already uploaded the next three novels to my Kindle, I will read those three before dealing with the two short story collections.
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