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In this episode, we take a look at The Big Four

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We are your hosts:

Gillian Porter - a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,

And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.

We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them, 

and someone reading them for the first time.

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Links mentioned in this episode

Podcast Related Links

• Chronological Christie Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/ 

• Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org - ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies 

• Publication Order List - https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf 

Wikipedia Pages for the books discussed.

• The Big Four -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Four_(novel)

Adaptation related links

• The Big Four TV Adaptation Season 13 Ep 2- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119592/?ref_=ttep_ep_2\

Some fun reviews from YouTube

• The Big Four Deep Dive by Fireplace Stories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298HsVY4t_A

• Poirot …as James Bond? The Big Four By Mike Ledoux - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgcWOUTw2PM

• Project Poirot by Mara at Bookslikewhoa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJmPGy2J4uA

• Snap Summaries - The Big Four a 3 minutes summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnYAQ_Sr8dM

• Killer stories - The Big Four - Summary, Analysis and secrets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq6ZOn0ucfQ

References 

• Agatha Christie: An Autobiography - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578 

• Agatha Christie, A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9781639362530

• The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne

• The Complete Christie, An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780671028312

• Beautiful - Comic Book Adaptions - https://beautifulbooks.info/agatha-christie-comic-book-series/

• Agatha Christie - Poirot The Greatest Detective in the World by Dr Mark Aldridge - https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780008296643

Other Links

• Alan’s website - https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/ 

• Alan’s Newsletter - https://alanjporter.substack.com/ 

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