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In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.

So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

©1947 Agatha Christie Limited. A Chorion Company. All rights reserved; (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK Amateur Sleuths Classics Crime Fiction Detective Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Ancient Greece Crime Greek Mythology
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Good story. Well performed. However this is semi dramatised, so each character has their own voice performed by the narrator. As such it’s obvious who’s talking during a conversation. So the constant repetition ‘Poirot said’ or ‘he said’ or ‘she said’ is jarring and unnecessary.

Overall good book and performance but the producers should have chopped out many of these ‘he said’ insertions.

Too much ‘He said... she said.....’

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Some of the many individual short stories (there is an overarching theme) were a tad light, but overall an enjoyable listen.
I like Hugh Fraser’s narration - even if his changes of accent are a bit wobbly at times. But, of course, nothing is perfect without the marvellous David Suchet.

BTW - The screenplay for the TV version by Guy Richards did a superb job of incorporating a few of the stories into a single tale in the one location. One of my favourite episodes as it’s often very funny in a surreal fashion.

Wonderful stuff, on the whole. Remember, it’s just light entertainment.

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Great way to while away the hours. Very enjoyable. Just as good as reading it yourself.

Enjoyable listening

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Love Agatha Christie and this was well read and easy to listen to any time.

Not a labour to listen to

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A good read that is timeless and Hugh Fraser's narration is absolutely perfect but then one would not expect anything else from this top rate actor.

Great fun and excellent narration.

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