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The Listerdale Mystery

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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A flawless collection of short stories that Christie herself referred to as ‘light-hearted thrillers’.

Twelve ingenious, witty mysteries showing the author at her best, including: the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale, the strange meeting on a train of a feckless man and a beautiful girl, Philomel Cottage and the extraordinary country house visit of Edward Robinson. Each four-story volume is expertly narrated by Hugh Fraser.

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enjoyable and most entertaining while I was driving for several hours not boring at all

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This is a great original collection of short stories published in 1934. Some are exquisite mini murder mysteries, some are quirky accidental adventures & others have eerie undertones that are positively chilling. Obviously, some are better than others, but the variety is refreshing & who knew Agatha Christie invented James Bond! To be fair, pre MI6 James Bond with his nose buried in a self-help book, but Fleming was known to borrow names & characters.

All in all, this is a good selection read brilliantly by Hugh Fraser, who cannot be surpassed. I wish he narrated all Christie's books. Sadly, other narrators have made her other books unlistenable!

Who knew Christie wrote about James Bond 1st?!

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I got lost in some of the stories and i found them quite boring,there wAsn't the thrill of other christie 's storyline.

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This is a nice little collection for Christie fans not featuring her usual dectectives. Some of the stories are a little 'samey" and I wouldn't call them her greatest works but they are a nice listen if you like the genre..well narrated and definitely worth a credit!

Great Little Christie Anthology

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Christie’s personages are cartoon characters, and rarely attractive in their appalling superficiality, selfishness and prejudices. From time to time I find not only the people who are represented (who are satirised) but also the narrative voice shocking (which is likely to be closer to the author’s own views).
At least you can be sure that you won’t be faced with excessive violence or explicit sex at bedtime, even if your socialist soul is shaken by the snobbery, xenophobia, anti-intellectualism, antisemitism and colonialism of her world.
It’s trivial stuff, entertaining but now and again I feel guilty for listening, when the authorial voice goes beyond mocking her compatriot English.

Easy listening well narrated

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