Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85325 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-04
• Released on: 2006-09-04
• Format: Audiobook
• Binding: Audio CD

Synopsis
In this delightful tale, an Eastern Prince arrives in England with some family jewels which he's having reset as a gift for his fiancee. However, the Prince also has a mistress; she asks to wear one particularly enchanting piece that features a huge ruby, and then promptly disapppears with it. Poirot discovers a connection with a house party at the home of Colonel and Mrs. Lacey, and in order to pursue his investigation an invitation is procured for him to the Laceys', ostensibly to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas. With deft skill and the workings of his 'little grey cells', Poirot brings this case to a satisfying end, starring John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, with Donald Sinden and Sian Phillips as Colonel and Mrs. Lacey.

Customer Reviews

Short Mystery
This adventure of the belgian detective is shorter than most of his cases and no murder to tax his little grey cells.

If you want a festive Poirot story this is just right most other stories are fairly longer and a little harder to slove before Poirot even thought we get more information than him.

If you like the TV series this will keep you entertained for a short time.

Comfortingly Christie
A collection of short stories, "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding" is a hugely enjoyable read.Although perhaps not one of Agatha Christies absolute finest, the plots are as always ingenious, with many a final twist in keeping with the authors flair.Though maybe lacking in the complexity and the ability to keep the reader guessing right up until the end which is generally associated with Christies full novels, I would nevertheless reccomend these stories as an excellent bedtime read.

Quintessential Christie - A Crime Lovers Feast
Agatha Christie has the unique ability to capture the readers interest within the first few paragraphs - an art which is so skilfully displayed here. Although, perhaps, not her magnum opus, The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding is a range of short stories which display her characteristic ability to align the elegant world of the rich with that of the impoverished or socially lacking. The crime in her short stories is always more easy to detect than in her longer novels, but even in these shorter versions, she dazzles us with enough red herrings to keep the reader frantically turning the pages. It must be said that although characters and situations are sometimes cliched, this is still a highly enjoyable read. Definately the kind of book to read on a cold winter's night with a large cup of hot chocolate beside you.