Agatha Christie Short Stories 2024: SEPTEMBER #AgathaChristieSS24

There are only four months left of this year, can you believe it? Time flies too fast! Reading is the only thing to keep me calm amidst these whirling things in this world. And I've been enjoying these little stories from Agatha Christie to "catch my breath" before plunging to another... hundreds of stuffs that seem to always await me every morning! This month we will return to Miss Marple, Mr. Satterthwaite, and the elusive Mr. Quin.

THE HERB OF DEATH

A lovely young woman dies after being poisoned at dinner. But everyone else was also taken ill, so was she really the intended victim. Dolly Bantry tells the story of the case and Miss Marple thinks she knows the solution.

It was originally published in 1930 in The Story-Teller magazine, and was included in the first Miss Marple short story collection as one of The Thirteen Problems. Elements of the story were also woven into an adaptation of The Secret of Chimneys as part of the series Agatha Christie's Marple, starring Julia McKenzie.

THE BIRD WITH THE BROKEN WING

Mr. Satterthwaite is staying with his young friends the Keeleys, when a séance pulls up two clear messages: LAIDELL and QUIN. Before long there is a tragic death in the house and Satterthwaite, with the help of a message from Mr. Quin, correctly determines whether it was suicide or... murder.

The story was first published in the collection The Mysterious Mr Quin, Collins 1930. Unlike the other stories in the collection it did not appear in a magazine beforehand.

I can't wait to read them! Which one interested you most?