The Mysterious Mr Quin (Harley Quin Mysteries)

Name: The Mysterious Mr Quin
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by Agatha Christie

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The Mysterious Mr Quin (Harley Quin Mysteries)

by Agatha Christie

1 rating • 1 review • 3 shelved

A mysterious stranger appears at a New Year’s Eve party, becoming the enigmatic sleuthing sidekick to the snobbish Mr Satterthwaite…

So far, it had been a typical New Year’s Eve house party. But Mr Satterthwaite – a keen observer of human nature – sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold.

So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr Quin? And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair?

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ISBN13 9780007154845
Publish Date 2 June 2008 (first published 1 March 1976)
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 15 October 2021
Publish Country GB
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Format Paperback
Pages 320
Language English
URL http://harpercollins.co.uk

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3.5*

What an intriguing concept. Mr. Quin truly is mysterious, always showing up in times of impending doom. And yet, he's merely a catalyst for this friend Mr Satterthwaite to act in some way

In a way, the duo reminded me of the old 80s tv show Highway to Heaven, but less evangelical.

As this was the first time that I encountered Mr. Quin, I had no idea that Christie had taken this approach in some of her short stories. I knew Mr. Satterthwaite, of course, as a friend of Hercule Poirot's whom we meet in Three Act Tragedy, but not from his other stories.

Having now read this collection - which really is a little bit of a blend between Poirot/Marple-style mystery short stories and Christie's stories dealing with the supernatural (yes, she did write them! - see The Hound of Death!) - I rather like Mr Satterthwaite as a more mellow version of Poirot, who accepts that he is a snob, but who also is very big-hearted.

This was an enjoyable read, but it lacked some thing for me. I can't even put my finger on what this might be, but I just couldn't feel the same ... thrill as with other Christie favourites.