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Part of a new look for Hercule Poirot for the 21st Century.

Read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series.

Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s private collection.

Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether…

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“The finest murder story of her career… Mrs Christie has never been more ingenious”
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Agatha Christie weaves an intricate web of lies and deception and there are so many red herrings I must admit I was drowning in them, but dear Hercule Poirot forged a path through them all and eventually brought us to a satisfactory conclusion