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Death on the Nile
- Narrated by: David Suchet
- Length: 8 hrs
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Summary
Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery, read by Hercule Poirot himself, David Suchet.
The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything… until she lost her life.
Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed…
Critic reviews
“The construction is flawless” Daily Mail
“Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.” The Times
“The main alibi is of the first brilliance … the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.” Observer
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- T W.
- 21-09-19
Suchet's performance spoils a good tale
David Suchet chooses such silly voices for some of the characters that they are not only difficult to understand at times, but they also add a somewhat comical tone to the story. His Poirot mumbles away from time to time and I got tired of rewinding to try and understand crucial statements. Hugh Fraser is, undoubtedly, the best reader of the Poirot novels and short stories. Unfortunately, he hasn't recorded them all.
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- Bilal Khan
- 26-03-19
the book itself was good.
this was my first audio book and I loved it. David Suchet was amazing, loved his work on this, all his voices, the dialogue, and the narration was on point and had me engaged throughout the book.
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- Tab
- 22-05-18
Excellent story, let down by narration
I think I've been spoiled by Hugh Fraser (why hasn't he recorded all of the Christie books?) - David Suchet's narration skills are surprisingly inadequate in comparison - even his Poirot. While he gives a masterly performance of Poirot on film, the voice is somehow wrong on audio format, too mincing, too weak. And his other character voices are truly awful, especially the women.
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- GMac
- 24-04-18
Agatha Christie at her best
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
I enjoy David Suchet, but I though his depiction of Colonel Race was not the best
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- Matthew
- 03-04-15
A generally pleasant listen.
Would recommend this book to a friend but it does require some suspension of disbelief. Also the characters are very Christie and whether or not you see that as positive or negative is up to you.
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- Deborah Phillips
- 31-03-21
Awful voices
Great story but a lot of the voices were very irritating done in a grating voice. Colonel Race one of the worst.
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- Rachel Roberts
- 15-06-20
Generally great
Loved it all, except the voice David Suchet used for Colonel Race.. he sounded too much like Rik Mayall playing Vivien in The Young Ones. Couldn’t take that seriously at all! Added some humour though!
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- Miss
- 19-03-16
David Suchet narrating Poirot is a must!
Superb narration of one of my favourite Poirot stories. Poirot is brought to life in this retelling.
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- elly gausden
- 13-10-15
Bring back Hugh Fraser
While David Suchet is excellent as Poirot, he's not great at the other voices. Colonel Race, who is a viable leading man in 'The Man in the Brown Suit' is read as a ghastly, military type of the worst kind. All the voices kind of grated through the story, which is a shame as it's a good read normally
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- Martin McCluskey
- 19-02-24
Love Story
This is a deep look at what love is, truly, the reality of it and every side of it. Great mystery and twist too.
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