 CARDS ON THE TABLE
Mr. Shaitana invites Hercule Poirot and six other guests to a dinner and bridge party and then dies during the evening--stabbed through the heart without anyone noticing the actual murder. Hugh Fraser's characterizations are perfect--Poirot is oh-so-Belgian and mannered, the police are tellingly middle class, and the killer is supremely confident. Read More
 THE ABC MURDERS
In this complicated maze of a mystery, people are dying in alphabetical order. Poirot knows there must be a method to this madness and digs deep to uncover a motive. Hugh Fraser is perfection itself at painting the tiny portraits of diverse individuals, and Christie ties the whole canvas together to tell a complete story. Read More |
 HUGH FRASER
Hugh Fraser, who played Captain Hastings on the BBC television series “Agatha Christie’s Poirot,” has narrated more than 60 Agatha Christie titles. Not an easy feat, but he tells AudioFile that Christie's exceptional writing made his job easy.
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 ROSALIND AYRES
Rosalind Ayres has narrated and directed several of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories. She talks to AudioFile about Christie's "surprising" central characters and how these mysteries relate to our daily lives.
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 A POCKET FULL OF RYE
Yewtree Lodge is full of unsavory types, any one of whom could have murdered business tycoon Rex Fortescue, and, of course, Miss Marple gets involved. A Miss Marple mystery brings out the best in Rosalind Ayres. She's wonderful with all her voices, and she can be male or female to such a degree that one forgets who’s narrating. Read More
 A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY
When a guest at the small resort at which she is staying dies of an apparent heart attack, Miss Marple is concerned--he didn’t have heart trouble, and the day before he died, he’d thought he recognized a murderer. Rosalind Ayres's verbal portraits are telling, and her crisp phrasing helps move the plot along nicely. Read More |
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