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Short Stories

Agatha Christie wrote nearly 160 short stories. This includes the recently discovered and published The Capture of Cerberus and The Incident of the Dog's Ball.   She used many of the plots in later novels and plays. Here you can discuss each one.

We're pretty sure they're all here but if you notice any ommissions just let us know!

Warning: These discussions may contain spoilers!

A Fairy in the Flat

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Moderator1 07 Dec 09 at 9:14 a.m. GMT

It's between the wars and Tommy & Tuppence are approached by Mr Carter, Chief of Intelligence. He wants them to run a detective agency for six months, paying particular attention to any letter that may have a Russian stamp with the number 16 written underneath.  Providing they agree to this they have free rein to do as they like!

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216816 30 Apr 10 at 9:13 p.m. GMT

The book this short story comes from, Partners in Crime is a very good collection of short stories. This particular story ( A Fairy in the Flat), however is more used for introduction than to be an actual story

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