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The Clocks

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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About this listen

Continuing the new look unabridged Poirot titles, read by Hugh Fraser.

As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor.

What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o’clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house…

©1963 Agatha Christie Limited, a Chorion Company. All rights reserved; (P)2003 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Crime

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Critic reviews

"Deliberately fantastic." (Times Literary Supplement)

"A sure-fire attention-gripper naturally." (Saturday Review)

"Superlative Christie...extremely ingenious." (The Bookman)
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Our detective doesn't arrive until late in the story, nonetheless it is a brilliant story. I almost listened to it in one day.

One of her best

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Hugh Fraser narrates excellently. Plot moves along nicely in typical Christie fashion.. Easy pleasant listening.
Then when it winds up at the end it becomes ridiculous. Loose ends and false trails all tied up in impossible ways. Try not to fixate on that last half a chapter.
Enjoyed first listening and I like Hughs voice chattering in the background while I'm working from home as I listen to repeats incessantly.

Well read but ridiculous plot

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Started this book with a cup of coffee ☕ my husband Sat down next to me and started lessening and ever time I put the book on he said weight a minute I want to see what happens next. Try it you won't be disappointed

Great book

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Loved it, perfect murder mystery, great characters and twists and narration, I really enjoyed it

Perfect

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The plot and the story telling was all great.
But the ending feels unsatisfying. I expected a better ending.

Also there is a lack of Poirot involvement

The ending could have been better

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