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Books by Agatha Christie and Complete Book Reviews
Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Sophie Hannah. Morrow, $ (p) ISBN
Set in October , bestseller Hannah’s captivating sequel to ’s The Monogram Murders finds Hercule Poirot and Scotland Yard’s Insp. Edward Catchpool visiting Lady Athelinda Playford’s mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, in the Irish Free State.
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The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Sophie Hannah.
Morrow, $ (p) ISBN
Hannah (The Orphan Choir) does a superb job of channeling Agatha Christie in this wholly successful pastiche authorized by the Christie estate. One evening in February , Hercule Poirot is dining alone at a London coffee shop when a woman arrives
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
Agatha Christie, Author Putnam Adult $ (p) ISBN
Fans of the amiable, omniscient Miss Marple will be delighted by the first publication in one volume of all 20 short stories that Christie centered on the elderly sleuth.
Wearing her black lace mittens, Miss Marple sits in her chair, knitting and
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An Autobiography
Agatha Christie, intro. by Mathew Prichiard. Harper, $ with CD (p) ISBN
Originally published in and out-of-print, this new edition of Christie’s autobiography includes a CD of the grand dame of mystery authors expounding on her life as a writer—making it especially welcome as a holiday treat for all Christie fans
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Agatha Christie, Author, James Warwick, Narrated by , read by James Warwick.
BBC Audio $ (0p) ISBN
James Warwick delivers a virtuoso performance in this rendition of Agatha Christie&#;s spy thriller.
Agatha christie autobiography cd books amazon Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history and concentrates on her fascinating private life. Weight: g. Growing Up. This writing also serves as a terrific first-hand account of the English Victorian Era, a period which still fascinates so many of us.As WWII spreads across Europe, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, former British Intelligence agents and a married couple, are enlisted to uncover
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The Hound of Death
Agatha Christie, read by Christopher Lee, AudioGo, six CDs, 8 hrs., $ ISBN
Christopher Lee delights in his reading of Christie's stories including "The Hound of Death," "The Red Signal," "The Fourth Man," "The Gypsy," "The Lamp," and others.
His solidly paced, rich, vaguely aristocratic narration captures the suspenseful
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A Murder Is Announced
Agatha Christie, read by Rosemary Leach, BBC Audio, unabridged, seven CDs, hrs., $ ISBN
After a curious newspaper notice announces an upcoming murder in the quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn, a host of nosy neighbors turn up at Little Paddocks just as shots ring out and a dead body is discovered.
When the police arrive and call the
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Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha Christie, read by David Suchet. AudioGO, unabridged, seven CDs, hrs., $ ISBN
Listeners will recognize narrator David Suchet from his titular role on the long-running British television series Poirot.
As such, it comes as no surprise that he delivers a masterful performance, capturing the great detective’s Belgian accent and
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The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie, read by Alison Larkin. British Classic Audio, , unabridged, digital download, 7 hrs., $30 ISBN
Reader Larkin is an excellent choice to narrate this delightful classic from mystery maven Christie.
Agatha christie autobiography cd books for sale Seller Inventory Seller: medimops , Berlin, Germany 5-star seller Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars Contact seller. Free shipping Within United Kingdom. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.It is , the Great War is over, and the roaring ’20s are just on the horizon in London. Tommy Breseford and Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley are young
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Sparkling Cyanide
Agatha Christie, read by a full cast. AudioGO, library edition, unabridged, two CDs, hrs., $ ISBN
Sean Baker’s performance of Colonel Race—one of Christie’s minor sleuths, probably best-known for his supporting role in the Hercule Poirot tale Death on the Nile—is reminiscent of the great Clive Merrison’s rendition of Sherlock Holmes.
Baker,
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Cat Among the Pigeons
Agatha Christie, Author, Hugh Fraser, Narrated by , read by Hugh Fraser. BBC Audiobooks America $ (0p) ISBN
The classic Christie tale is revisited in this utterly charming and intriguing murder mystery in which two teachers find the body of the new games&#; mistress in the gymnasium, the latest victim of the so-called &#;cat&#; killer
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EVIL UNDER THE SUN: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha Christie, Author, David Suchet, Read by , read by David Suchet.
AudioEditions $ (0p) ISBN
Audio Reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio nEVIL UNDER THE SUN: A Hercule Poirot MysteryAgatha Christie, read by David Suchet. AudioEditions,
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Passenger to Frankfurt
Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser, BBC/AudioGO, unabridged, six CDs, hrs., $ ISBN
Hugh Fraser turns in a stellar performance in this audio version of Christie's classic mystery.
When bored diplomat Stafford Nye meets a mysterious young woman at an airport lounge in Frankfurt, he learns her life in in danger and is drawn into a
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THE BIG FOUR: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha Christie, Author, Hugh Fraser, Narrated by, Hugh Fraser, Read by , read by Hugh Fraser.
AudioEditions $ (0p) ISBN
One of mystery fiction's most beloved heroes, Hercule Poirot, is brought vividly to life in this delightful audio production. Originally published in , this outing thrusts Poirot into one of Christie's most outlandish and melodramatic
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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser.
Agatha christie autobiography cd books Add to basket. In all, after a somewhat tiresome first third in muted colors, this memoir fulfills the intention to extend by one year the th anniversary celebration of Christie's birth. Shipped from UK. Osborne completes his homage to Christie with this third and final adaptation of an original Christie play, following Black Coffee and The Unexpected GuestAudioGO, unabridged, five CDs, 5 hrs., $ ISBN
This audio version of Poirot's final case is masterfully narrated by Hugh Fraser, familiar to Christie fans as the actor who played Captain Hastings in the television series, Agatha Christie's Poirot. Now elderly and infirm, the Belgian sleuth and
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Mrs.
McGinty’s Dead
Agatha Christie, Author, Hugh Fraser, Read by , read by Hugh Fraser. Audio Partners $ (0p) ISBN
Who could be better reading this recording of Christie&#;s classic than Hugh Fraser, who not only has done several audio versions of her novels but who also plays Captain Hastings in those lovely TV adaptations starring David Suchet as
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Hickory Dickory Dock
Agatha Christie, Author, Hugh Fraser, Read by , read by Hugh Fraser.
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Fraser, who played Captain Hastings, the sidekick for arch Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the PBS Mystery series, now performs the entire cast in Christie's mystery. Fraser's Poirot is derivative of the stellar performance of the
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Taken at the Flood
Agatha Christie, Author, Hugh Fraser, Read by , read by Hugh Fraser.
Audio Partners $ (0p) ISBN
Hercule Poirot fans will be pleased to hear Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings on PBS's Mystery! and A&E's Poirot , recount Christie's intriguing novel (published in the U.S. as There Is a Tide ). The celebrated Belgian
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A Pocket Full of Rye
Agatha Christie, Author, Rosalind Ayres, Read by , read by Rosalind Ayres.
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It hardly seems possible for anyone to best Hugh Fraser&#;s savvy audio performance of Christie&#;s Hickory Dickory Dock, but Rosalind Ayres produces an amazing range of voices and accents to create her own one-woman full-cast audio book
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The Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery
Agatha Christie, Author, James Saxon, Narrated by , read by James Saxon.
BBC Audio $ (0p) ISBN
James Saxon delivers a memorable and absolutely masterful performance of Christie&#;s first Miss Marple mystery. When the wildly unpopular Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the vicar&#;s study, it seems that everyone&#;his unhappy
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Black Coffee
Agatha Christie, Author, Charles Osborne, Author, Charles Osborne, Adapted by St.
Martin's Press $ (p) ISBN
Christie biographer Osborne's adaptation of the grande dame's play has been blessed by the Christie estate and heartily endorsed by her grandson Michael Prichard. It's a classic ""someone in this room is the murderer"" tale set in
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The Unexpected Guest: A Mystery
Agatha Christie, Author, Charles Osborne, Author, Charles Osborne, Adapted by St.
Martin's Press $ (p) ISBN
As he did with Black Coffee (), Osborne has taken one of Christie's original play scripts and turned it into a (slight) novel.
Agatha christie autobiography cd books value: Originally published in and out-of-print, this new edition of Christie's autobiography includes a CD of the grand dame of mystery authors expounding on her life as a writer making it especially welcome as a holiday treat for all Christie fans. New - Softcover Condition: new. From early childhood at the end of the 19th century, through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, Agatha shares the details of her varied and sometimes complex life with real passion and openness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
For those who can't see the play in production or who find a script dull or difficult reading, Osborne's adaptation
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Spider's Web
Charles Osborne, Adapted by, Agatha Christie, Author, Charles Osborne, Author Minotaur Books $ (p) ISBN
Osborne completes his homage to Christie with this third and final adaptation of an original Christie play, following Black Coffee () and The Unexpected Guest ().
Though the play was written in , the story suffers little from the passage
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The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural
Agatha Christie. Morrow, $ trade paper (p) ISBN
The 20 selections in this unremarkable collection of Christie tales with a supernatural angle offer minimal scares.
Notwithstanding the subtitle, several are simply baffling mysteries with a rational explanation, as the presence of Hercule Poirot
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Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
Agatha Christie. Morrow, $ trade paper (p) ISBN
The dozen stories in this welcome reprint collection, most featuring Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie’s other series detectives, amply display the author’s storytelling gifts.
The strongest is a standalone that originated as a radio play, “T
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Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Naomi Alderman et al. Morrow, $ (p) ISBN
In this disappointing anthology of authorized pastiches featuring Agatha Christie’s Jane Marple, some contributors fail to play fair with readers by not sharing the clues the elderly amateur sleuth relies on, and almost none of the tales effectively
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Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Sophie Hannah, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
HarperAudio, , unabridged, 9 CDs, 10 hrs., $ ISBN
Hannah’s second estate-sanctioned addition to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot finds the brilliant, amusingly self-centered Belgian sleuth in , attending a house party from hell. Neither he nor Scotland Yard Insp. Edward Catchpool, the novel’s
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