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- The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can be solved only by the eponymous Belgian detective and his 'little grey cells'.
'What I intend to say to you will come as a shock....'
Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will - one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny and leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live....
Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited...until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke in the presence of a possible killer?
When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot's best efforts to stop it, and the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit and solve the mystery?
Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a coordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully authorised Poirot novel. The new audiobook marks the centenary of the creation of Christie's world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
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- Miss P J Wright
- 05-05-19
Enjoyed the story but the reader let it down
I enjoyed the story but not keen on the reader he sounds too new and poirot is supposed to be Art Deco period. I don’t think he changes his voice enough either for the different characters, much prefer the ones read by Hugh Fraser.
Not sure it was as good as the originals by Agatha Christie can you please turn the rest of her stories into audio books
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-01-24
Didn’t guess the ending
Enjoyed the twists of the story. Very well read by the narrator. Denouement was a bit drawn out.
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- Kirsty
- 04-09-18
It was thrilling
Wished it never ended. I will miss the characters.of the playford family and they will forever be in my memory and in my favour for bringing joy to me as I listened to this wonderful masterpiece.
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- C. Wortley
- 15-09-19
Great book. Loved it from
Loved it from beginning to end. Sophie has a real talent for writing these books
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- Justcallmepaul
- 08-11-17
Amazing narration
Just loved this. Julian Rhind-Tutt is fab as a narrator. And brilliant as Poirot.
Storey and plot was amazing. Gripping.
More more more from Sophie Hannah with Poirot and you must get Julian Rhind-Tutt to Narrate.
Already bought monogram book cause I loved this one
Keep it up
Paul C - Sunderland - Uk
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- Benjamin
- 08-11-16
Kept me smiling
A great fast paced who-dun-it.
Laugh out loud in places.
True to the characters.
Nice
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-02-24
enjoyable characters
a good overall story and some very good characters but an explanation that hinged on something that was a cheat to my mind. And also, just not nearly enough of Poirot in the story, he seems like a secondary character.
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- Sam
- 08-09-16
Tonally darker than Christie but a fulfilling read
I found this novel - like the last Sophie Hannah Poirot - quite hard to get into and it took me about 12 chapters to fully engage with the characters. I know that Christie dealt with some very dark stuff (child murderers, suicide etc) but tonally there was always a lightness to balance it, which this book doesn't have as much (and I missed).
This book delves into some fascinatingly complex psyches and there's a weird duality between sensibilities of them in the C20th setting and then a modern perspective overlaid, but maybe that's inevitable with a modern writer re-imagining a new chapter in a series.
Despite the slight lack of a lightness of touch, I did enjoy this and felt that it was true to the spirit of Christie's work. Lady Athelinda Playford is a really good character who embodied a pleasingly amoral spirit!
Julian Rhind-Tutt does a lovely job of reading it, his narration was one of the reasons I chose this book.
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- Steph T
- 07-04-19
Don't recommend overall.
Gave it a chance even though I didn't enjoy the 1st in this series. Catchpool remains irritating and Poirot a caricature of himself.
The narrator generally did a good job, apart from the Irish accents which were uncomfortable to listen to (am Irish myself)
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- Victoria
- 24-09-20
Realy good Poirot story
Fabulous setting, great characters and lots of twists and turns.
Thoroughly enjoyed......downloaded the next one !!
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