Parker Pyne Investigates vs They Came to Baghdad: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Parker Pyne Investigates Parker Pyne Investigates Agatha Christie · 1933 ★★★★☆ 3.8 212 pages · ≈ 3 h 56 m · Challenging

A collection of short stories featuring the ‘heart specialist’, Parker Pyne. Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in The Times which…

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Cover of They Came to Baghdad They Came to Baghdad Agatha Christie · 1951 ★★★★☆ 4.2 252 pages · ≈ 4 h 40 m · Moderate

E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Christie first visited…

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Parker Pyne InvestigatesThey Came to Baghdad
Goodreads 3.8 (22061) —
Hardcover 4.0 (1) 3.7 (62)
Google Books — 4.5 (3)
Apple Books 4.5 (6) 4.5 (128)

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Parker Pyne InvestigatesThey Came to Baghdad
Ratings 22061 128
Editions 69 95
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 17420 —
Reading it now 609 —
Written reviews 1431 —
Wikipedia attention 1319 1001
Pages 212 252

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