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And Then There Were None / Murder at the Vicarage / Death on the Nile / The Secret of Chimneys / 4:50 From Paddington / The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie Audio Box Set
Components: And Then There Were None read by David Horovitch, Murder at the Vicarageread by Ian Masters, Death on the Nile read by David Timson, The Secret of Chimneys read by Nigel Anthony, 4.50 from Paddington read by Joanna David, The Secret Adversary read by Samantha Bond.
Components: And Then There Were None read by David Horovitch, Murder at the Vicarageread by Ian Masters, Death on the Nile read by David Timson, The Secret of Chimneys read by Nigel Anthony, 4.50 from Paddington read by Joanna David, The Secret Adversary read by Samantha Bond.
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Published October 22, 2004
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Agatha Christie
5,803 books76.2k 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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December 27, 2020
Delightful collection, and looking forward to reading those I haven't yet read.
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And Then There Were None
It seems unlikely that anyone would be unfamiliar with this story - so much is this been a part of growing up. The island where the chosen group has been invited to take a free holiday all paid, where they meet each other after a solitary journey and go on to the mansion to spend the holiday - only to find they are dying, one by one. They are being popped off, but they are only themselves on the island, and no one coming, no way to leave for anyone. It seems unlikely it could be one of them, and yet ...
October 18, 2008.
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Murder at the Vicarage
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Death on the Nile
One of the most famous from this writer, not the least due to the spectacular film - the story does lend itself to a spectacular film, rather. A beautiful young woman who is a rich heiress, with a brand new handsome bridegroom, setting out on her honeymoon - only, he had unceremoniously ditched his previous lover when he saw the beauty he married, and it so happened the two young women had been best friends, in fact that is how the couple had met. Now, the spurned lover is haunting them on the honeymoon, she is there everywhere they can and do go, no matter how carefully they camouflage their plans. Finally they are on a cruise on the Nile together, and she joins the cruise just as they are congratualting each other. Now there is no escape. And then begin the deaths...
October 21, 2008.
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The Secret of Chimneys
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4:50 From Paddington
An elderly woman on the train sees a man in another train running parallel throttling a woman to death, while he is oblivious to her watching - his back is to the window. She is thouroughly traumatised, and reports it as soon as she can at a railway station. But there is no dead woman on any train or a dead body dumped near any tracks anywhere possible where a parallel running train at that time could have stopped. And yet - she is sure, she saw the murder taking place, was not mistaken, dreaming of hallucinating. Fortunately she has an intelligent friend, another elderly woman, the fraile white haired Miss Marple.
October 18, 2008.
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The Secret Adversary
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And Then There Were None
It seems unlikely that anyone would be unfamiliar with this story - so much is this been a part of growing up. The island where the chosen group has been invited to take a free holiday all paid, where they meet each other after a solitary journey and go on to the mansion to spend the holiday - only to find they are dying, one by one. They are being popped off, but they are only themselves on the island, and no one coming, no way to leave for anyone. It seems unlikely it could be one of them, and yet ...
October 18, 2008.
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Murder at the Vicarage
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Death on the Nile
One of the most famous from this writer, not the least due to the spectacular film - the story does lend itself to a spectacular film, rather. A beautiful young woman who is a rich heiress, with a brand new handsome bridegroom, setting out on her honeymoon - only, he had unceremoniously ditched his previous lover when he saw the beauty he married, and it so happened the two young women had been best friends, in fact that is how the couple had met. Now, the spurned lover is haunting them on the honeymoon, she is there everywhere they can and do go, no matter how carefully they camouflage their plans. Finally they are on a cruise on the Nile together, and she joins the cruise just as they are congratualting each other. Now there is no escape. And then begin the deaths...
October 21, 2008.
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The Secret of Chimneys
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4:50 From Paddington
An elderly woman on the train sees a man in another train running parallel throttling a woman to death, while he is oblivious to her watching - his back is to the window. She is thouroughly traumatised, and reports it as soon as she can at a railway station. But there is no dead woman on any train or a dead body dumped near any tracks anywhere possible where a parallel running train at that time could have stopped. And yet - she is sure, she saw the murder taking place, was not mistaken, dreaming of hallucinating. Fortunately she has an intelligent friend, another elderly woman, the fraile white haired Miss Marple.
October 18, 2008.
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The Secret Adversary
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May 31, 2025
pretty gripping!
April 23, 2014
Agatha Christie remains the queen of intrigue. Throughout reading the secret at chimneys I imagined who the culprit was, and found that I was wrong every time. Great plot twists and dialogue throughout.
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