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The Labours of Hercules: 12 Hercule Poirot Mysteries 5 reviews
Agatha Christie
BBC Audiobooks America, 2005
Great Service and Good Product
Can't get enough of the Hercule Poirot Mysteries? You've probably already experienced Hercule Poirot in book form, DVD version and on television, but here's a fourth method. It is great fun. I just pop one of these disks in my car CD player and my tedious communute to and from work becomes a time of pure enjoyment as I roll along the highway. The Labours Of Hercule Poirot is by far my ...
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Agatha Christie's Poirot : The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Links/ Cassettes (Bbc Radio Presents ...6 reviews
Agatha Christie, John Moffatt, ...
Random House Audio, 1994
The Little Round Man with the Little Grey Cells
Hercule Poirot was a short, fat, dapper detective who solved his cases by exercising his "little grey cells". "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" was Christie's fourth Poirot novel, while "Murder on the Links" was her second. In both Christie adopts the motif of narrating the story from the point of view of someone who undertakes to assist Poirot in the solution of the mystery. Christie introduces ...
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Ten little niggers9 reviews
Agatha Christie
Collins for the Crime Club, 1977
Best Book I Have Ever RED
This is an unbelieveble book of Agatha Cristie I had red many of Agatha Cristie but ý havent red so wicked book before because the book containes everything which you wanted to read in a formal book.The begining of the book is a little bit hard to understand but you feel very nervous when you read middle of the book because you dont know who is the murder and count of people always count ...
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Murder on the Orient Express (Unabridged)5 reviews
Agatha Christie
audible.com
An absolutely classic!!!
First Sentence: It was five o'clock on a winter's morning in Syria.
In the Orient Express Calais Coach, a wealthy American is found dead of multiple stab wounds. The train is stopped in the snow and it quickly becomes clear the killer is still on board. Monsieur Bouc, the director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits, asks his friend, and fellow passenger, M. Hercule Poirot to ...
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Murder for Christmas5 reviews
Agatha Christie
Putnam Adult, 1987
Christie at her best
I can't believe this book is out of print! It's definitely one of the best mysteries Christie ever wrote. A feuding family gathers for a reunion during the Christmas holidays, summoned by their obnoxious old father, and when Dad turns up dead as the proverbial doornail, it has to be a family member that committed the crime. Well, it was a family member, all right... I'm not giving away the ...
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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography26 reviews
Agatha Christie
Ballantine Books, 1986
One of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors
Often times autobiographies are dull things of interest only to the author or those who may be mentioned in the book, others are glowing brag fests relating how marvelous the subject is, or are filled with juicy gossip about other celebrities. This one is completely different in that Christie did not attempt to write a complete chronicle of her life, or to focus on what the public might want to ...
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Miss Marple the Complete Short Stories8 reviews
Agatha Christie
Penguin Putnam~trade, 1985
"Never say to yourself that anyone is above suspicion."
The words quoted above appeared in a short story by Agatha Christie called "The Four Suspects." They were not spoken by Miss Marple but by "that well-groomed man of the world, Sir Henry Clithering," retired now and residing in St Mary Mead or nearby, but "until lately Commissioner of Scotland Yard." The words were addressed to Sir Henry's new neighbour, a certain Miss Jane Marple. There is ...
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Sleeping Murder29 reviews
Agatha Christie
Bantam Books, 1981
WILL SOMEONE LET THE WOMAN SPEAK?
What improvements have been made for the "Miss Marple's Last Case" edition? There are already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There are further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket. There are ...
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Masterpieces in Miniature: Stories: The Detectives; Parker Pyne; Harley Quin, Hercule Poirot, and Miss Marple5 reviews
Agatha Christie
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005
Should be a great read!
You can't go wrong with Christie, and this book is a major find for any fan of hers. The stories in this huge volume are what enticed me to buy it. I already own six dozen Christie books, so believe me, the chapter list would have had to be REALLY exceptional for me to buy this book -- and to buy it NEW at that. Here we're given what looks like every single Parker Pyne and Harley Quinn story she ...
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Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries8 reviews
Agatha Christie
BBC Audiobooks America, 2005
A great purchase
I love this product. In fact this is the second time that I have purchased it. My original copy was scratched up from overuse. I play this in my car. The stories are short and sweet, just long enough for my morning commute.
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Murder is Announced (Miss Marple)3 reviews
Agatha Christie
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006
WHO'S WHO ?
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED was published for the first time in 1950. It was adapted for the stage in 1977 by Leslie Darbon :Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" (Adapted for the Stage).
I can't but recommend this book that presents one of the most inventive mysteries ever concocted by Agatha Christie. For once, if you're very careful, it's possible to find the murderer before the last ten ...
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There Is a Tide4 reviews
Agatha Christie
Dell Pub Co, 1970
Twists and turns and surprises to the very end
This 1948 novel opens as Poirot taking refuge in a London Club tries to take his mind off the bombing going on outside by listening to the club bore tell another of his endless stories. Years later the story and the bore re-enter Poirot's life, leaving the detective to sort out past fiction from fact to solve more recent murders. The Cloade family had always relied on Uncle Gordon and his money ...
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin: Twelve Complete Mysteries4 reviews
Agatha Christie
BBC Audiobooks America, 2006
Fascinatingly different mysteries
Dame Agatha Christie is best remembered for her wonderful detectives Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot. However, two other memorable Christie characters were the crime solving (and sometimes crime preventing!) duo of Harley Quin and Mr. Satterthwaite. Mr. Satterthwaite is an elderly bachelor and student of the human personality. Harley Quin is an almost magical character who pops up in strange ...
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The Listerdale Mystery and 11 Other Stories (Unabridged)4 reviews
Agatha Christie
audible.com
Twelve very different mysteries come to life
Agatha Christie's mystery THE LISTERDALE MYSTERY AND ELEVEN OTHER STORIES once again enjoys veteran Hugh Fraser's long-time audio experience bringing Christie's many mysteries to life. Here twelve very different mysteries range from a cottage murder to a missing emerald, with all Christie's patented talent for high drama packed into the short mystery format.
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Agatha Christie Mysteries: Philomel Cottage, the Red Signal, the Mystery of the Spanish Shawl2 reviews
Agatha Christie
DH Audio, 1986
Great Audio!
Philomel Cottage: Alix Marin, in love with a man for 11 years, suddenly falls for a stranger and marries him instead. After moving to the country things begin to become curious. Her new husband stories don't seem to add up. She decides to investigate and finds out she is the one in danger... The Red Signal: Dermot West joins his best friend and others for dinner and a little entertainment ...
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13 at Dinner: BBC (BBC Radio Presents)2 reviews
Agatha Christie
Random House Audio, 1992
Five Stars for Thirteen at Dinner
THIRTEEN AT DINNER is a truly entertaining audiocassette. I own almost all of the Agatha Christie/"BBC Radio Presents" dramas, and this one ranks among the best of them, including SAD CYPRESS, DEATH ON THE NILE, and the Miss Marple double feature, 4:50 FROM PADDINGTON and A POCKET FULL OF RYE. This particular Hercule Poirot whodunit has previously been adapted several times -- first as a 1934 ...
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And Then There Were None 3 reviews
Agatha Christie
BBC Audiobooks America, 2004
A Masterpiece of Story Telling!
"And Then There Were None" is one of the best audio books I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Hugh Fraser gives what can only be described as a masterful performance. His reading is sumptuous, scary, and above all, intelligent. The story moves briskly and chillingly toward the shocking conclusion. Even if you have already read the book (as I have), Fraser's telling must be heard to be ...
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Absent in the Spring3 reviews
Agatha Christie, Mary Westmacott
Chivers Audio Books, 1998
I have been thinking about this character for 15 years...
Agatha Christie believed that a person is never truly alone when by themselves. There is always someone, a book, a song or an activity of some nature. She believed that absolute solitary, outside of the interference of any person or object, would lead to a profound reflection of who we really are. In absent in the Spring, she tells of the journey of self discovery of one woman which was ...
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EASY TO KILL4 reviews
Agatha Christie
Pocket, 1980
Wow great!
This book was excellent. It was definately surprising at the end, and had a real twist to it. This was an excellent Agatha Christie book, and I recommend it to everyone.
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Hercule Poirot's Greatest Cases (dramatization) - 28 Audio CD's3 reviews
Agatha Christie
BBC Audiobooks America, 2007
Yet another fantastic way to enjoy Ms. Christie
Here's my altogether selfish reason for posting this particular review: There are another dozen or so BBC Radio adaptations of Christie novels out there, and I'm hoping that a sequel collection will be offered in the future. That alone should stand as a loud endorsement for these enjoyable and faithful adaptations of Christie classics! When I say faithful, I mean it! Even the brilliant TV films ...
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