#Postern of Fate

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Currently reading Postern Of Fate: A Tommy&Tuppence Mystery by Agatha Christie and MY LORD. These two idiots walked in and thought they would be my comfort couple and you know what? They were right. I love them so much and I would die for them.

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And that should be the last poll about my Christie's works' series... but hopefully not my last about Christie stuff.

Previous polls in this series :

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"A future being prepared to be controlled and run by one particular political figure in this country. A man with a certain reputation and making more converts and followers every day. The Confidence Trick in action once again. Man of Great Integrity—Lover of Peace. Not Fascism—oh no! Just something that looks like Fascism."

From Postern Of Fate by Agatha Christie

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Cooking With Christie: Speedy Dumpling Soup!

Inspiration: Looking for a quick weeknight dinner, I perused The Pioneer Woman’s Super Easy! cookbook and found a Speedy Dumpling Soup.  And as advertised, it is quick and simple.  Now. Since I’ve been working on mastering ramen recipes — instead of sticking with the recipe, I doctored the vegetable broth using Let’s Make Ramen‘s quick broth recipe. Then, because I can’t have broccoli (due to…

[mzannthropy]

I finally finished Passenger to Frankfurt. Terrible slog for the most part, but not without good points. Aunt Matilda is a definite highlight.

The worst Agatha Christie book, avoid unless you want to complete her bibliography.

Postern of Fate is the only one remaining for me.

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Agatha Christie Books in Order.

Hercule Poirot Books

Hercule Poirot Collections

Miss Marple Books

Miss Marple Collections

Tommy and Tuppence Books

Tommy and Tuppence Collections

Superintendent Battle Books

Standalone Novels

Short Story Collections

Non-Fiction Books

Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot books in order

Here are the names of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot books in order. It will help you start with your reading while ensuring the best experience.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)    

The Murder on the Links (1923)     

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)      

The Big Four (1927)    

The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)     

Peril at End House (1932)     

Lord Edgware Dies (1933)    

Murder on the Orient Express (1934)      

Three Act Tragedy (1935)    

Death in the Clouds (1935)   

The A.B.C. Murders (1936)   

Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)      

Cards on the Table (1936)    

Dumb Witness (1937)  

Death on the Nile (1937)      

Appointment with Death (1938)    

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938)  

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)

Sad Cypress (1940)     

Evil Under the Sun (1941)    

Five Little Pigs (1942)  

The Hollow (1946)      

Taken at the Flood (1948)    

Mrs. McGinty’s Dead (1952)  

After the Funeral (1953)      

Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)

Dead Man’s Folly (1956)       

Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)      

The Clocks (1963)       

Third Girl (1966)

Hallowe’en Party (1969)       

Elephants Can Remember (1972)  

Curtain (1975)      

The Monogram Murders (2014)

Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Collections in Order

Poirot Investigates (1924)    

Murder in the Mews (1937)

The Labours of Hercules (1947)

Poirot’s Early Cases (1974)

Agatha Christie Miss Marple Books in Order

Here is the list of Agatha Christie’s books in order based on their publication date.

The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)

The Body in the Library (1942)      

The Moving Finger (1942)    

A Murder is Announced (1950)      

They Do It with Mirrors (1952)      

A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)  

4:50 From Paddington (1957)       

The Mirror Crack’d (1962)    

A Caribbean Mystery (1964)

At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)    

Nemesis (1971) 

Sleeping Murder (1976)

Agatha Christie Miss Marple Collection in Order

The Thirteen Problems (1932)       

Miss Marple’s Final Cases (1979)

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Books in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Tommy and Tuppence Books in Order

The Secret Adversary (1922)

N or M? (1941)  

By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)     

Postern of Fate (1973)

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Collections in Order

Partners in Crime (1929)

Agatha Christie’s Superintendent Battle Books in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Superintendent Battle Books in Order

The Secret of Chimneys (1925)      

The Seven Dials Mystery (1929)   

Cards on the Table (1936)    

Murder is Easy (1939)

Towards Zero (1944)

Agatha Christie’s Standalone Novels in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Standalone Novels in Order

The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)  

Giant’s Bread (1930)   

The Sittaford Mystery (1931)

Unfinished Portrait (1934)    

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (1934)       

And Then There Were None (1939)

Absent in the Spring (1944)  

Death Comes as the End (1944)    

Sparkling Cyanide (1945)     

The Rose and the Yew Tree (1948)

Crooked House (1949)

They Came to Baghdad (1951)      

A Daughter’s a Daughter (1952)    

Destination Unknown (1954)

The Burden (1956)      

Ordeal by Innocence (1958)

The Pale Horse (1961)

Endless Night (1967)   

13 at Dinner (1969)    

Passenger to Frankfurt (1970)       

The Murder at Hazelmoor (1984)

Agatha Christie’s Short Story Collections in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Short Story Collections in Order

The Mysterious Mr. Quin (1930)    

The Hound of Death (1933)  

The Listerdale Mystery (1934)       

Parker Pyne Investigates (1934)    

The Regetta Mystery and Other Stories (1939)

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948)  

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)      

The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951)

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)       

Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)      

Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories (1965)

The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1974)

The problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991)    

The Harlequin Tea Set (1997)       

While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)

Agatha Christie’s Non-Fiction Books in Order

Here’s the list of Agatha Christie Non-Fiction Books in Order

Come, Tell Me How You Live (1946)       

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography (1977)

Top 10 Agatha Christie Books to Read

Given the number of books in the Agatha Christie series, readers generally hesitate to begin. Further, to understand the series well, one needs to read Agatha Christie’s novels in order. To ease things, the readers generally look for the best novels or books to read them directly and avoid all the hassle. So here are the top 10 Agatha Christie novels that will offer you the best mystery story reading experience.

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I Know That You're With Him Just Now As I Write

by Aurora09 Pez just rushed to hug him and held Henry as he cried until there were no tears left. He was literally all cried out. He reached for his phone to message Alex goodnight. As he typed his message Henry knew this was his endless night, his postern of fate. His future destination unknown. He typed a bland good night message and sent it. He began a new message “I know that you’re with him right now as I write. I know you need someone to hold you at night but I’m begging you baby, please don’t fall in love.” Henry looked at the message in numb disbelief that it had come to this. His moving finger hovered over the send button then moved to the delete button but changed his mind and hit send. For good or ill he had set the cat amongst the pigeons. The curtain was set to fall upon HenryandAlex. Words: 5397, Chapters: 1/2, Language: English Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Alex Claremont-Diaz, Percy "Pez" Okonjo, Miguel Ramos (Red White & Royal Blue) Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Alex Claremont-Diaz & Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor & Percy "Pez" Okonjo Additional Tags: Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Loves Alex Claremont-Diaz, Alex Claremont-Diaz Loves Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Gay Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Bisexual Alex Claremont-Diaz, Jealous Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Protective Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Needs a Hug, Angst with a Happy Ending via https://ift.tt/HsM3jL8

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📚 June Reading Round-Up 📚

Read a good few books this month, and I hope to finish a few long-standing reads in July.

- Plum Duff by Victoria Goddard (Funny, delightful, heartwarming, that cliffhanger!)

- Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear (Took me a few tries to get into it, enjoyable, liked the mystery and the topic (art, truth), didn’t feel as if there was as much resolution at the end as in previous books)

- Tribute by Sherwood Smith (book came highly recommended, very good, more of a Brick than originally thought, took some time to warm up, loved the characters and the themes and everyone getting to grow, appreciated the worldbuilding and the philosophy, friendship and good governance and family, really great messages about how everyone has worth and deserves a chance, fun to focus on not just the princes and young folk)

- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (re-read, first time listening to the audiobook, good and engaging as always, picked out a few new things, sobbed my heart out at Rue’s death, those final chapters!)

- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs (Compelling, read it in one sitting, so emotional, loved the complex characters and their growth and emotional journeys, not all the moms die in this one, morally grey women, bonds of family)

- Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Edition Vol. 7 by Hiromu Arakawa (Very good, couldn’t stop reading)

- Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Edition Vol. 8 by Hiromu Arakawa (Very good, tore through it in two sittings, lots of funny and emotional moments)

- Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie (Re-read, lots of funny moments, loved the relationship between Tommy and Tuppence)

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Postern of Fate, AKA one of the books that made academics wonder if Agatha Christe had Alzheimer's.

"They found that the vocabulary size of the creator of Poirot and Miss Marple decreased sharply as she neared the end of her life, by 15 to 30%, while repetition of phrases and indefinite word usage (something, thing, anything) in her novels increased significantly."

(Source)

Also proof that publishers will sell anything as long as there's a famous name attached.

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Somebody told me it was some silly mistake the cook made. Brought foxglove leaves into the house by mistake for spinach—or for lettuce, perhaps. No, I think that was someone else. Someone told me it was deadly nightshade but I don’t believe that for a moment because, I mean, everyone knows about deadly nightshade, don’t they, and anyway that’s berries. Well, I think this was foxglove leaves brought in from the garden by mistake.

From Postern Of Fate by Agatha Christie

I have foxglove plants and yes they're digitalis but they're not going to be mistaken for spinach - the texture is all wrong. (I gather this is Agatha letting us know a rumor, not what really happened.)

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Cooking With Christie!

This Week’s Recipe: Quick Mexican Rice Inspiration: I need to admit to a very guilty gastronomical pleasure — I enjoy doctoring Rice a Roni’s Spanish and Mexican rice. Starting with cooking the base box contents in salt-free stock (because Rice a Roni contains enough season all on its own) for an additional flavor boost. I then move on to the extras like cheese, chicken, serrano & bell peppers,…

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Trotz Kino und neuen Medien wird natürlich immer auch noch gelesen.

Der verstorbene Graf Dracula kehrt zurück, in Gestalt eines verführerischen jungen Mannes, der Andy Warhol im Studio 54 den Kopf verdreht, und sich anschließend nach Hollywood begibt, um das Vampirfilmgenre (Ha! Kino schon wieder!) zu beleben. Er wirkte einst bei Coppolas legendärer Dracula-Verfilmung mit Marlon Brando mit. Orson Welles bricht seine spektakuläre Neuverfilmung jedoch schon nach einem Drehtag ab, als er seine wahren Beweggründe erfährt.

Postern of Fate ist der letzte Roman, den Agatha Christie geschrieben hat, und wird gemeinhin als Hinweis darauf gedeutet, daß sie im Alter an Alzheimer litt. Tommy und Tuppence sind hier allerdings auch schon recht alt, und vergessen einiges, so daß es trotz gewisser Irritationen stilistisch nicht völlig unangemessen ist.

Herr Hildesheimer ist diesmal nicht so lustig, und erfindet eine große, wissenschaftliche Biographie. Marbot schläft mit seiner Mutter, haßt seinen Vater und erfindet die psychologische Kunstbetrachtung.

Ein wunderbares Gruselstückchen von Leo Perutz. Ein altes Buch treibt reihenweise Leute in den Selbstmord. Huuh!

Etwas überambitionierter, aber unterhaltsamer” Die-ganze Welt-an-einem-Tag-in-einer-Stadt-erklärt”-Versuch: Die Stadt ist New York, und der Tag der, an dem ein Seiltänzer illegal zwischen den Türmen des Word-Trade-Center auftritt. Sehr bedeutungsschwanger, aber schon clever.

Im malereischen und bezaubernden Tilling hingegen, wäre die Welt noch in Ordnung, würde die noch alleinherrschende Miss Mapp nur nicht immer von sich auf andere schließen, und deshalb von allen das Schlechteste annehmen. Völlig zu recht natürlich. Wir wissen aber natürlich, daß im nächsten Band die feingeistige, lebensbejahende Lucia auftauchen wird, um sie in ihre Schranken zu weisen, und gönnen ihr deshalb auch einen Soloauftritt.

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Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie - Book Review

Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie – Book Review

You know you’re reading the worst Christie novel ever when you start wishing you were reading The Big Four or Passenger to Frankfurt instead, which I previously regarded as her absolute worst mysteries. It was hard to imagine that any other book of hers could usurp the top spot on the rubbish heap, but this messy, confused and terminally dull novel managed it. (more…)

[mzannthropy]

Reading The Rose and The Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott, aka Agatha Christie, and it's so good to be reading a book by her for the first time, not an experience I get to have now as I've read almost all her books.

Also I can totally tell it's her, just not a mystery novel. As I aways say, she was a good writer, she just happened to excel at mysteries.

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[dietraumerei]

Weekly Writing and Reading Update

Hello, I am worn tf out from my lil field trip yesterday, it will be an afternoon spent reading and writing in bed. and ordering in dinner. Bliss.

(I think it should be a quiet week at work and GOOD I am READY. I don’t work very hard anyway, I just want a chill week in general.)

Writing

A Common or Garden Romance? I updated this past week, and I’ve got the next chapter written, so that’ll probably go up...later today? Tomorrow? Something like that. I am having a lot of fun writing was passes for my version of a slow burn.

The Perils of Modern Architecture A gift! Man, I love writing Bike Girls.

I also really want to fill some of the Miss Fell prompts, but that might happen more this week -- I would *like* to write today, but I’ll see how much energy I have.

(and OF COURSE I have an idea for a Castle Terra AU bc I heard you liked AUs so I got an AU of your AU, but it’s very much a one-shot so I think I might save it for Whumptober, if I can find a good prompt to work with? Now that I’ve said that, I assume I’ll write it in one go some night this week.)

Reading

I read Postern of Fate and wish I hadn’t. (It’s...sad, actually. You can tell Christie was at the end of her life when she wrote it, and is really failing. It’s bad.)