Chronological Christie

In this episode, we take a look at the first five short stories in the Poirot Investigates collection.

The Adventure of “The Western Star”

The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

Podcast Related Links

• Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

• Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies 

• Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf 

Wikipedia Pages for the books discussed.

• Poirot Investigates - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poirot_Investigates

References 

• Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578 

• The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne

• Agatha Christie Poirot The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridge - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780008296643

• Poirot tv show IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094525/?ref_=tt_ov_srs

• The Adventure of the Western Star is on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/live/RAlCc8f78-U?si=kWh71LLw9YuIcu-5

• The second episode of the Japanese Anime series Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple. adapted The Adventure of the Cheap Flat as Yasu Manshon no Nazo (The Riddle of the Cheap Flat) first broadcast on 18 July 2004 - It’s available in YouTube with English subtitles - https://youtu.be/51ecBgc5dMc?si=LWm15joxCq8_edvJ 

Other Links

• Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

• Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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Please join us for our next episode where we will be discussing the next five stories in  Poirot Investigates

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In this episode, we take a look at The Man in the Brown Suit

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

Podcast Related Links

• Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

• Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies 

• Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf 

Wikipedia Pages for the books discussed.

• Man in the Brown Suit -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Brown_Suit

References 

• Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578 

• The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne

Other Links

• Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

• Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Chronological Christie podcast. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you like to discuss any aspect of this episode you can message us on the Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Please join us for our next episode where we will be discussing Poirot Investigates

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The Chronological Christie podcast is a production of Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group, LLC

In this bonus mini-episode, we look back and provide some updates for questions raised during the first three episodes.

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

Podcast Related Links

• Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

• Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies 

• Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf 

Wikipedia Pages for the books discussed.

• Mysterious Affair at Styles- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles

• The Secret Adversary- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Adversary

• Murder on the Links -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_on_the_Links

References - 

• Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578 

• Murder Mayhem - https://murder-mayhem.com/real-crimes-that-inspired-agatha-christie

• The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne - 

• Agatha Christie Poirot - The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldredge - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780008296643

Other Links

• Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

• Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Chronological Christie podcast. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you like to discuss any aspect of this episode you can message us on the Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Please join us for our next episode where we will be discussing The Man in the Brown Suit

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The Chronological Christie podcast is a production of Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group, LLC

Welcome to the Chronological Christie podcast.

In this episode, we take a look at the return of Poirot inThe Murder on the Links 

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter- a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husbandAlan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

Murder on the Links 

Wikipedia page -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Murder_on_the_Links

References - 

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography -https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578 

The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery - Agatha Christie Edited by Matthew Pritchard  -https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062191250 

Reference sites

1923 on Wikipedia -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923

1923 on HistoricNewspapers.co.uk -https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/blog/1923-events/?srsltid=AfmBOoqcJ8q1cYp3MgIdYH4Z-mZg_5SLPKTpqB0c_Ngsimq8JX0Aly24

Other Links

Alan’s website -https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

Alan’s Newsletter -https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Chronological Christie podcast. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you like to discuss any aspect of this episode you can message us on the Chronological Christie Instagram account -https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Please join us for our next episode where we will be discussingThe Man in the Brown Suit

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The Chronological Christie podcast is a production of Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group, LLC

In this episode, we take a look at the introduction of the young adventurers, Tommy & Tuppence in The Secret Adversary

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

Secret Adversary Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Adversary

References - 

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578 

The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery - Agatha Christie Edited by Matthew Pritchard  - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062191250 

Reference sites

1922 on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922

Adaptations

Partners In Crime: The Secret Adversary (1983) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084647/  - Available on BritBox

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime: The Secret Adversary ( 2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3574152 - Available on Acorn TV

Podcast Related Links

Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies 

Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf 

Other Links

Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Chronological Christie podcast. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you like to discuss any aspect of this episode you can message us on the Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Please join us for our next episode where we will be discussing The Murder on the Links

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The Chronological Christie podcast is a production of Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group, LLC

Welcome to the Chronological Christie podcast.

In this episode, we take a look at Agatha Christie’s debut novel - The Mysterious Affair At Styles 

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

The Mysterious Affair At Styles 

Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles

Audible dramatization - https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Mysterious-Affair-at-Styles-Audiobook/B0DJC1T9VG

BBC Radio Adaptation.- https://youtu.be/taIAVcoQZbk?si=Sy2qp2yxdyzCFwTw  

TV adaptation available on Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0036GKKQE/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s3 

Podcast Related Links

Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies 

Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf 

Other Links

Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Chronological Christie podcast. If you would like to leave a rating or review on your favorite podcast platform that would be great and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes. 

If you like to discuss any aspect of this episode you can message us on the Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

Please join us for our next episode where we will be discussing The Secret Adversary.

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The Chronological Christie podcast is a production of Megrin Entertainment, a division of 4Js Group, LLC, that would be great. Also,