Parker Pyne Investigates audiobook

Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective = Parker Pyne Investigates, Agatha ChristieParker Pyne Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins and Sons in November 1934.The Case of the Middle-aged Wife,The Case of the Discontented Soldier,The Case of the Distressed Lady,The Case of the Discontented Husband,The Case of the City Clerk,The Case of the Rich Woman,Have You Got Everything You Want?,The Gate of Baghdad,The House at Shiraz,The Pearl of Price,Death on the Nile,and The Oracle at Delphi.عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: «خانه ای در شیراز»؛ «ماجراهای پارکر پاین»؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز هفدهم ماه می سال1995 میلادی بار دیگر روز ششم ماه نوامبر سال2006میلادیعنوان: خانه ای در شیراز؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: بهزاد بشارت؛ شیراز، انتشارات نوید شیراز؛ سال1373؛ در199ص؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده20معنوان: ماجراهای پارکر پاین؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: سیمین تاجدینی؛ تهران، ویدا؛ سال1392؛ در266ص؛ شابک9786002910561؛ عنوان: خانه ای در شیراز؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: فائزه اسکندری؛ تهران، هرمس، کتابهای کارآگاه؛ سال1392؛ در221ص؛ شابک9789643638702؛ فهرست ترجمه خانم «فائزه اسکندری»: «پرونده خانم میانسال»؛ «پرونده کهنه سرباز ناراضی»؛ «پرونده خانم غمگین»؛ «پرونده ظوهر ناراضی»؛ «پروند کارمند سیتی»؛ «پرونده خانم ثروتمند»؛ «هرچه که میخواهی داری؟»؛ «دروازه بغداد»؛ «خانه ای در شیراز»؛ «مروارید قیمتی»؛ «مرگ در رودخانه نیل»؛ «دلفی»؛ «اعلام»؛آگاتا کریستی (مری کلاریسا میلر)؛ آفرینشگر دو شخصیت نامدار پلیسی کارآگاه «هرکول پوارو»؛ و دوشیزه «جین مارپل»، و انبوهی از شخصیتهای کمتر نامدار این سبک، همچون: «تامی و توپنس برسفورد»، «کمیسر باتل»، «کلنل ریس» و «پارکر پاین»، بوده اند؛ روانشان هماره شادمانتاریخ بهنگام رسانی 08/04/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 07/01/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Are you happy? If not consult Mr. Parker Pyne, 17 Richmond Street.He's not as well-known as Poirot, but he'll still solve a few mysteries along the way.The Case of the Middle-aged WifeParker Pyne helps a frumpy housewife get back at her husband for stepping out with a younger woman. The Case of the Discontented SoldierAriadne Oliver's first appearance! But she only plays a small role in this short. However, without her, Pyne wouldn't have been able to give an old soldier an adventure that he didn't even know he wanted.The Case of the Distressed LadyA young wife with debts steals her friend's diamond and replaces it with paste.She's come to Pyne asking if he can help her pull a switcheroo, replace it with the real thing, and lighten her conscience.It doesn't work out in the way she hoped it would, but the diamond does end up in the right hands. The Case of the Discontented HusbandThis is the flip side of the first short story, in that Pyne helps a hangdog husband make his cheating wife jealous. Only this time around, he may have misjudged the power of his pretty young assistant. The Case of the City ClerkMr. Roberts desperately wants an adventure to look back on in his old age. He loves his wife and children and has been a good provider for his family, but he wishes he could have just one MOMENT where he steps out of his predictable life and into some dangerous role.Mr. Pyne manages to kill two birds with one stone in this story. Good stuff!The Case of the Rich Woman A poor woman becomes incredibly wealthy and finds out that her life has no meaning. She goes to Pyne to get help finding happiness and discovers just how unconventional his methods really are.Have You Got Everything You Want?A jewel theft on the Orient Express leads Pyne to find out about a husband who is the victim of the world's lamest blackmail. Pyne's advice?Be honest about the money, but you'll look a lot cooler if you let your wife think she's reformed a real rake. The Gate of BaghdadA crooked financial dude has escaped justice.Shocking!Parke Pyne is touring Jordan and makes a comment to the group he is traveling with that the con man might be anywhere by now. Even amongst them right at that moment! Could that be a prophetic statement?A bit of a convoluted murder mystery ensues.This wasn't one of my favorites, but it was ok.The House at ShirazParker Pyne is in Teheran when a pilot tells him about his lost love. He fell for a lady's maid but she was killed in an accident before he could tell her he loved her.And in a strange turn of events, the English lady she worked for has been rumored to have gone completely batty and doesn't accept visitors. Since Pyne knows the family, he decides to pay her a visit and ask her if she is happy before he moves on.The Pearl of PriceWhile on a trip from Jordan to Petra, a millionaire's daughter loses her pearl earring worth a small fortune. Lucky for her Parker Pyne is among the group of travelers. Can he clear the name of the man she loves?Death on the Nile The cantankerous Lady Grayle is upset she has to share the boat she and her family are traveling down the Nile on with a Mr. Parker Pyne. That is, until she decides to ask him for help.She thinks someone is poisoning her. Does she hope it's her long-suffering husband? And if so, why?This is not to be confused with Christie's more famous full-length novel of the same name.The Oracle at DelphiThis is one of if not the best Parker Pyne short out there!A well-off woman is traveling with her bookish son when suddenly he goes missing, and in his place is a ransom note.Parker Pyne is forced to come out of incognito mode to save a doting mother from a very clever criminal. It's the twist at the end that really helped stick the landing. I wasn't expecting it and it took the story from a 4 to a 5.Recommended for fans of Christie!

Parker Pyne is a different specimen from the Christie universe. He is not your conventional detective, but a person who provides "happiness"; his ad in the paper says: "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne." Having worked in the Statistical Bureau his whole life, Mr. Pyne knows that unhappiness can be classified under six heads - no more, no less. That said, apart from the first six stories, the others are all conventional stories of detection. I think Dame Agatha ran out of ideas for unhappy clients and returned to what she was good at.I loved most of the stories in this collection. My favourite is "The House at Shiraz".

3.5 stars -- There are some very charming stories in this one. I tended to enjoy the ones where the stakes were lower than the typical Christie story (e.g. not murdery), and there were some very "of its time" elements that jarred me out of the stories. Still, overall, these were a fun example of what Christie excels at

Parker Pyne is not a detective, he is, as he describes himself, a heart specialist. He has an advertisement in newspaper: “Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne.”In this book Agatha Christi changes her story writing a little: first, this is a collection of 12 short stories and second Agatha tries to challenge the psychological aspects of the characters. But after the first seven story, we see that she again comes back to her conventional writing story and makes a detective from Parker Pyne also.The psychological stories can be divided into following categories:1- A middle-aged woman who is not satisfied with her marital life; her husband betrays her and he thinks his wife is jealous of him,2- A man whose wife does not like him anymore and she wants to get married with another man,3- A man whose life’s become boring and he doesn’t feel any excitement,4- A wealthy widow whose rich life does not attracts her anymore and life becomes monotonous for her.I found the approaches that Agatha suggests to the characters in the form of Parker Pyne, natural and reasonable. Agatha’s understanding was good for women as well as men:Each person at any age has his/her own unique charms and she/he should be proud of them and work on them to make them better. There are some behaviors like contentment for instance which although they are good in general, they can be harmful sometimes over the time and may lose their meaning in relationships. Sometimes musts should be put aside to make life happier. There are some specifications which can be said they have become intrinsic, there are some activities that people are interested in them or not. There is no reason that a person should underestimate her/his interests. Too much humility is not good and does not work. Excitement and variety can be made in life by small things. Sometimes by changing some habitual habits to positive way can be exciting. One other message of Agatha is that wealth without love cannot bring happiness (specially for a woman).The other six stories are criminal and they are attractive in their own way. The stories are happening in different countries (especially Eastern countries), such as: Iraq, Iran, Oman and Greece. My favorite criminal story was “The House at Shiraz”:JUST AFTER NOON the following day, Mr. Parker Pyne had his first view of Shiraz. They had flown over mountain ranges with narrow, desolate valleys between, and all arid, parched, dry wilderness. Then suddenly Shiraz came into view—an emerald-green jewel in the heart of the wilderness.

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Light read. Agatha Christie created the character Parker Pyne for twelve short stories published between 1932 to 1933. These were then compiled in a single edition Parker Pyne investigates and published in 1934. However this edition published in 2005 includes two more stories that were originally published in Strand with Hercule Poirot as ace investigator. The fourteen stories in this stories are a delight to read. My personal favourite is The Oracle at Delhi for its interesting twist at the very last line of the story. In the foreword written for special edition published by Penguin in 1953 Agatha Christie had picked Case of the discontented husband and Case of the rich woman as her personal favourite

I have no love for short stories; I have read many reviews indicating that Agatha Christie was not great at writing short stories, and yet most of the short stories in this collection, I loved. A quote from one of them:"Sir Donald entered languidly into the conversation. 'Education is rather rot, you know. Teaches fellows a lot of useless things. And what I mean is, nothing alters what you are.'"

I wasn’t expecting great things going into this one, mainly because Parker Pine isn’t as well-known as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. This is also a short story collection, although that worked in its favour for me because I actually think that Agatha Christie is at her best when she’s writing short fiction.I also loved the premise of this one, which was that Parker Pine placed an advert in the paper saying, “ARE YOU HAPPY? IF NOT, CONSULT MR. PARKER PINE.” The stories then follow the different people who respond to the advertisement, and it’s fun to see how Pine deals with each of them in a different way.All in all then, I was super impressed by this book and ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected to. I’d 100% recommend it, even if you’re new to Agatha Christie. If you’re a seasoned fan then that makes it even more important for you to get to it. It was just what the doctor ordered, lots of fun.

In my youth, I thought myself an Agatha Christie aficionado, having read all the titles my local library offered -- back in the 60s and 70s. Hardly -- I wasn't even aware of Parker Pyne. I'm putting that right now, all these decades later, revisiting Christie favorites of the past and discovering new-to-me offerings by the queen of mystery writers.Parker Pyne is a private investigator, but not of the usual sort. He offers money-back guaranteed services to aid people in finding happiness. Pyne hones in on the one thing that is preventing his client from being happy/fulfilled and then puts a plan into action to make it happen.This series of short stories was a great introduction to this character and his unusual pursuits in the name of client satisfaction. Parker Pyne is a man retired from a career as a statistician for the British government and has now embarked in a career far removed from the number-crunching with which he was familiar. Pyne is an interesting and imaginative character; understanding of human nature, ethical and not easily manipulated. A delight for the reader.

Wonderful short stories that can be enjoyed in just a few minutes. Parker Pyne, rather than investigating murders like Ms. Marple or Hercule Poirot, is in the business of helping people find happiness in life. I was curious about this choice of an Agatha Christie for February for the #readchristie2021 challenge -> a story featuring love ... and ended up loving The Case of the Rich Woman in that regard !I found these little shorts to be very refreshing. When in London, Pyne helps those responding to his ad, and I love seeing how he puts his solutions together using a select few actors and other specialists whom he knows. When he's faced with mysteries while traveling abroad, they are more normal investigations. I just wanted a quick, casual, pleasant read and was not disappointed. Two of the shorts have the overt racism of the thirties shining through in word choices that today would make this book unpublishable but it is a work of it’s time, published in 1934.