A Deadly Affair: Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery

This is a great collection of short stories by Agatha Christie, all featuring love in some way. They feature many familiar characters plus stand alone stories. I enjoyed rereading some and discovering others.

I loved that each story , though short and entertaining, was fully developed. Rather like those Readers Digest books I devoured as a younger woman. The length of each story was manageable, so I could read the entire thing without staying awake till the wee hours with my nose in my book. And who writes better stories than AC? Wonderful

How could anything written by the incomparable Agatha Christie ever be less than perfection? This selection of short stories is perfect for those already in awe of Ms. Christie, but could also work well as an into to the author. A perfect into to well known and beloved characters such as Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Tommy and Tuppence, and more. I'll read again and again! I received a copy of this book thru a Goodreads giveaway, but it definitely did not affect my rave review.

Easy to pick up and put down. Is Agatha ever bad? If you enjoy short stories, you can’t go wrong with this book

A lovely series of short stories that deal with matters of the heart…and murder. Along with Agatha Christie’s most famous detective, Poirot, several other characters are included in this series. Each story is unique as the characters involved. Loved it 🥰

A Deadly Affair contains a number of short stories, many of which were first published in various publications beginning in 1923. Every story features some character or characters created by Agatha Christie. One story, Death By Drowning, is presented to Miss Marple by her doctor as she is recovering from flu. The doctor's intent was to cheer her up, and it did indeed.

Agatha Christie’s novels are always reliably entertaining and exquisitely plotted, but until this book, A DEADLY AFFAIR, I’d not read any of her short stories. This collection is built around the theme of love gone wrong.While I do prefer the full-length mysteries which allow for more character development and elaborate puzzles, these were fun, quick reads featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Mr. Quin, Parker Pyne, and Tommy and Tuppence.My favorite story, “The Face of Helen,” concerned a beautiful woman Quin and Satterthwaite encounter at the opera who is involved in a love triangle. The mystery is so diabolically clever! I also quite enjoyed “The King of Clubs,” where only Poirot’s little gray cells point to the killer.It was also interesting to read the short story “A Death on the Nile” which is similar to the Poirot book only in terms of the title as well as an excerpt from Christie’s autobiography about her early love affairs. I didn’t as much care for the two Tommy and Tuppence stories. Either they felt more dated than the others, more reliant on slang, or both.You can grab this book and read the stories in any order. It’s a great choice if you are looking for a slump-buster or low-commitment mystery!

Absolutely delightful collection of short stories. Each one with an unexpected twist. Most of Christie's well known characters appear in the short stories. Stories take place in early 19th century. One of Christie*s best books. Hard to put down once you start reading.

Nice collection of stories. Most if not all will already be familiar to real Christie fans, but there is an interesting introduction from AC about her own romantic life.Contents:CoverTitle PageCopyrightIntroduction: Affairs of the HeartThe King of ClubsThe Face of HelenA Death on the NileDeath by DrowningThe Double ClueFinessing the KingA Fruitful SundayWasps’ NestThe Case of the CaretakerThe Man in the MistThe Case of the Rich WomanMagnolia BlossomThe Love DetectivesBibliographyAbout the Publisher

A good collection of short stories that are all a little different. Crimes that all involve a little romance. Features Poirot, Tuppence and Tommy, Parker Pyne, Miss Marple and Mr Quin.

He weak, strange stories, nowhere near the usual Agatha Christie mysteries we are used to and the last story made no sense! I love Agatha Christie but not this book!

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I really enjoyed the fact it was short stories, I usually give that sort of thing a miss,

Great read as usual! I love Agatha Christie's short stories. Love and crime together are making great stories/novels since centuries.