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The Murder on the Links & Murder on the Orient Express: Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook
TWO BESTSELLING MYSTERIES IN ONE GREAT PACKAGE! From the Queen of Mystery, The Murder on the Links , in which Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve a murder on a French golf course, and Murder on the Orient Express , where Hercule Poirot searches for a killer on a luxurious train.
THE MURDER ON THE LINKS An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse . . . With twists and turns until the final, satisfying conclusion, The Murder on the Links once again does not disappoint the legion of Agatha Christie fans. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.
THE MURDER ON THE LINKS An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse . . . With twists and turns until the final, satisfying conclusion, The Murder on the Links once again does not disappoint the legion of Agatha Christie fans. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.
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Agatha Christie
5,796 books74.9k followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
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April 6, 2021
A doubled pleasure to get two Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries read by two amazing actors.
The Murder on the Links to the second book in the Poirot series and take Poirot and Hastings to a seaside village in France just in time to discover their client has been murdered. Poirot agrees to assist the local police and finds a rival in the famous detective the Surete sends out to take charge of the investigation. A wealthy man is taken from his home during the night, his wife is left restrained, and his body is found stabbed by a knife his son gifted his wife. South American assassins are mentioned and the French detective rushes to and fro after cigarette ash, foot prints and makes an arrest, but Poirot tracks the murderer with his formidable 'little grey cells' and knows they arrested the wrong person. Meanwhile, Hastings falls for an unlikely woman who just may well not be innocent.
This one paced out slowly in the beginning as the characters and details of the case were teased out. This was one where the devil was definitely in the details and took some grand twists in the end. I enjoyed Poirot's camaraderie with Hastings, his rivalry with the French detective, and his quirky personality more than ever. It was neat seeing how the French police operated and of course the setting and cast of characters was superb.
This was my second turn with Hugh Frazer, the Hastings actor on the A&E TV adaption as narrator and I really enjoy his voices for Poirot and Hastings, but he did great with all the French cast male and female, too.
Murder on the Orient Express, Christie's most famous novel is one I have read once many years ago and enjoyed many of the movie adaptions. I was intrigued to be listening in and discovering the original story anew. I had forgotten much when it came to some of the smaller details so it was sheer pleasure to listen in to actor Dan Stevens work all those roles and bring them alive to me once again.
Murder on the Orient express opens with Poirot riding a different train up from Syria and into Turkey before transferring into the crowded Orient express with his friend M. Bouq's assistance. As the evening progresses, he meets his fellow travelers and begins to form impressions and most especially of the hard-eyed American, Mr. Ratchet who wants to hire him. Poirot says no and after a few distractions in the night discovers the train is stuck in the snow and Ratchet has been murdered.
Poirot slowly and methodically works his way through the case with a Greek Dr. Constantine and M. Bouq assisting. He examines the evidence of the murdered man's compartment and then interviews the passengers. A very colorful group and not the least of which, the comedic chatterer Mrs. Hubbard. At first, it appears the murder couldn't even have happened let alone by anybody left in the coach with the way the evidence and testimony is laid out, but then Poirot's 'Little Gray Cells' go to work and what comes to him in brilliant insight might be highly improbable, but it is possible.
I loved listening and meeting this international crowd of characters and classes on a beautiful first class steam train travel for a setting. The mystery is brilliant and packs an emotional hit as do the characters. Definitely obvious why it is one of Christie's brightest gems.
It has been fun revisiting these old mystery stories in audio and I'm definitely pursuing more.
The Murder on the Links to the second book in the Poirot series and take Poirot and Hastings to a seaside village in France just in time to discover their client has been murdered. Poirot agrees to assist the local police and finds a rival in the famous detective the Surete sends out to take charge of the investigation. A wealthy man is taken from his home during the night, his wife is left restrained, and his body is found stabbed by a knife his son gifted his wife. South American assassins are mentioned and the French detective rushes to and fro after cigarette ash, foot prints and makes an arrest, but Poirot tracks the murderer with his formidable 'little grey cells' and knows they arrested the wrong person. Meanwhile, Hastings falls for an unlikely woman who just may well not be innocent.
This one paced out slowly in the beginning as the characters and details of the case were teased out. This was one where the devil was definitely in the details and took some grand twists in the end. I enjoyed Poirot's camaraderie with Hastings, his rivalry with the French detective, and his quirky personality more than ever. It was neat seeing how the French police operated and of course the setting and cast of characters was superb.
This was my second turn with Hugh Frazer, the Hastings actor on the A&E TV adaption as narrator and I really enjoy his voices for Poirot and Hastings, but he did great with all the French cast male and female, too.
Murder on the Orient Express, Christie's most famous novel is one I have read once many years ago and enjoyed many of the movie adaptions. I was intrigued to be listening in and discovering the original story anew. I had forgotten much when it came to some of the smaller details so it was sheer pleasure to listen in to actor Dan Stevens work all those roles and bring them alive to me once again.
Murder on the Orient express opens with Poirot riding a different train up from Syria and into Turkey before transferring into the crowded Orient express with his friend M. Bouq's assistance. As the evening progresses, he meets his fellow travelers and begins to form impressions and most especially of the hard-eyed American, Mr. Ratchet who wants to hire him. Poirot says no and after a few distractions in the night discovers the train is stuck in the snow and Ratchet has been murdered.
Poirot slowly and methodically works his way through the case with a Greek Dr. Constantine and M. Bouq assisting. He examines the evidence of the murdered man's compartment and then interviews the passengers. A very colorful group and not the least of which, the comedic chatterer Mrs. Hubbard. At first, it appears the murder couldn't even have happened let alone by anybody left in the coach with the way the evidence and testimony is laid out, but then Poirot's 'Little Gray Cells' go to work and what comes to him in brilliant insight might be highly improbable, but it is possible.
I loved listening and meeting this international crowd of characters and classes on a beautiful first class steam train travel for a setting. The mystery is brilliant and packs an emotional hit as do the characters. Definitely obvious why it is one of Christie's brightest gems.
It has been fun revisiting these old mystery stories in audio and I'm definitely pursuing more.
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August 30, 2021Awesome
I loved these books when I was younger. I was refreshing and a treat to read Agatha Christie's stories after so many years
I loved these books when I was younger. I was refreshing and a treat to read Agatha Christie's stories after so many years
March 9, 2021
Murder on the Links! Until the end, you do not know the murder!
February 12, 2025
Agatha Christie called Poirot "detestable, bombastic, egocentric" but imagine how you'd act if you spent that much time around Hastings.
Hastings: "I am literally this person's alibi. I still think they're guilty."
I would be insufferable, too, if that was the guy following me around doubting my intelligence every step of the way. Hastings might be TSTL. Anyway, the mystery in The Murder on the Links was interesting, and the twists were fun.
Audiobook narrator Hugh Fraser is one of the better Christie narrators. A-tier.
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Despite this being one of the most famous murder mysteries of all time, having inspired multiple film, TV, and stage adaptations, I managed to go into Murder on the Orient Express book unspoiled! I knew nothing of the plot nor the solution. Unfortunately, I still didn't enjoy it as much as the other Christie mysteries I've read. The twists seemed obvious as did the ultimate solution to the puzzle.
Audiobook narrator Dan Stevens is just OK. This book has a LOT of characters, and Stevens struggles with giving them all voice.
Hastings: "I am literally this person's alibi. I still think they're guilty."
I would be insufferable, too, if that was the guy following me around doubting my intelligence every step of the way. Hastings might be TSTL. Anyway, the mystery in The Murder on the Links was interesting, and the twists were fun.
Audiobook narrator Hugh Fraser is one of the better Christie narrators. A-tier.
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Despite this being one of the most famous murder mysteries of all time, having inspired multiple film, TV, and stage adaptations, I managed to go into Murder on the Orient Express book unspoiled! I knew nothing of the plot nor the solution. Unfortunately, I still didn't enjoy it as much as the other Christie mysteries I've read. The twists seemed obvious as did the ultimate solution to the puzzle.
Audiobook narrator Dan Stevens is just OK. This book has a LOT of characters, and Stevens struggles with giving them all voice.
October 26, 2025
I was gifted this audio book for a recent trip to listen to while I drove. I wanted so badly to like this audio book, but there were issues from the get-go. My first issue was with the interpretation of Poirot from Mr. Stevens. It was horrible. You could tell he has watched many-an episode of David Suchet in the role. But his Poirot voice was so WEAK! Like you have to crank up the volume to hear him then quickly crank it down again when the next person speaks. It was irritating and very distracting. It ruined the experience for me and I can honestly say I won't be listening to another version when this narrator narrates.
September 28, 2021
So far, this set had my favorite stories and the best narrations of the Agatha Christie books I've been reading. Curious which will be my favorites after I've read them all!
January 14, 2025
Dan Stevens reading "Orient Express" is a transcendent experience that everyone needs in their life. Don't think you do? You're wrong. DO. IT.
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