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All About Agatha Christie

Getting Happy with Parker Pyne: Problem at Pollensa Bay by Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Somehow, we've reached our penultimate Parker Pyne story. As we won't be covering the last one till that far-off, misty era when our podcast ends, this will be our last Parker Pyne for quite some time.... Which may be welcome news or a disappointment, depending on your point of view. Much to our surprise, we find that we fall into the latter category. Until we meet again, Mr J. (or is it C.?) Parker Pyne....

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0:00.0

Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single

0:09.2

mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie.

0:13.2

I'm Kemper Donovan.

0:14.4

I'm Catherine Brobeck.

0:16.0

And this week we are revisiting once again Mr. Parker Pine Heart Specialist.

0:21.8

Catherine, what are we covering?

0:23.0

We are covering the problem at Palansa Bay, Kemper.

0:26.5

Oh boy, I have to say, and I should say this at the outset because it is going to frame this discussion.

0:32.0

This is the last Parker Pine we will be covering for a while on this

0:35.9

podcast.

0:36.9

Control your tears, Catherine. I know they're flowing right now.

0:40.6

You know, as I've said before, the Arabian Knights of Parker Pine have been kind of enjoyable

0:45.8

and this is a the final Arabian night of Mr. Parker Pine because the final story will take place on domestic shores and we are

0:56.6

going to wait to cover that one until we are much further along in our

1:00.8

podcast because we would feel bereft I think if we didn't have a

1:04.3

Parker Pine to look forward to but yeah let's talk a little bit about the publication

1:09.7

history on this one. Catherine Brobike what can you tell us?

1:12.0

So it was first published in our old friend, The Strand.

1:16.0

Love the Strand.

1:17.0

Right?

1:18.0

In November 1935.

1:20.0

And here's what's funny, Kemper.

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