El testigo mudo

by Agatha Christie, A. Soler Crespo (Translator)

 Un caso que llevará a Hércules Poirot al límite

La señorita Arundell es una acaudalada anciana solterona a quien sus sobrinos desean ver muerta para poder desahogarse de sus apremios económicos. Cuando sufre un accidente al caer por las escaleras, todos lo achacan a la pelotita de goma dejada por Bob, su perro. Pero la anciana desconfía, y piensa que han tratado de asesinarla. El 17 de abril escribe una carta a Poirot solicitando su ayuda, pero este no la recibe, misteriosamente, hasta el 28 de junio. Para ese entonces, la señorita Arundell ha sido asesinada, y el único testigo del crimen es Bob, su querida mascota.

324 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2025

About the author

Agatha 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)

Reviews

[Anna Ventura · Rating 2 out of 5]

2'5⭐️

Mai hauria pensat que li donaria menys de 3 estrelles a un llibre de l'Agatha Christie però...
És un bon llibre, però és cert que el 80% del llibre no sé ni que he llegit.
Molta palla posada per allà pel mig per intentar allargar la història pero sense cap mena de sentit.
El misteri en si... previsible, però suposo que el fet que he llegit bastant a l'autora no ajuda...

[Sofía Bianchi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me ha parecido un libro entretenido. Al final me da la sensación que alarga todo mucho para el final que tiene literalmente todo se resuelve las dos últimas páginas y mientras tanto es un poco indagar en cosas de cada personaje que, personalmente me hacían desconectar alguna vez. Pero en general la historia es entretenida y no me esperaba el final

[Romy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another clever mystery. I love the Hercule Poirot mysteries with Hastings & this had the addition of a sweet dog character too. A clever plot and resolution. Some of the characters had some negative comments related to the ethnicity of another character, unfortunately something you occasionally come across in Christie’s books. This was a re-read for me, in Spanish this time, no audiobook, just reading the e-book.

[Brio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Como primera lectura de Agatha Christie, me dejó impresión en cierto sentido.
La revelación del final me la esperaba incoscientemente, pero no de forma activa, por lo que se siente como si hubieras quedado de tonto una vez te cuentan toda la historia y ves que deberías haberlo sabido —Es la magia del misterio, imagino.

3.50.

[Lucía · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ya tenia ganas de Poirot