I was surprised to find that Christie is not as good writing short stories. She is exactly the opposite of [a:Conan Doyle|7014004|Conan Doyle|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png], Sherlock short stories work so much better. When I first read these I was quite young and loved the idea of knowing straight away who the culprits were. I have to say that reading them now got me more bothered than anything else. The plot of the stories is not appealing and the characters do not have time to develop. It is an entertaining collection of short stories, but a far cry from her novels.