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Juliet Stevenson reads Agatha Christie’s The Thirteen Problems, the series of linked short stories that introduced readers to the Tuesday Night Club and to the woman who would become the world’s most popular female detective, Miss Jane Marple.

A weekly dinner party Ten amateur sleuths The Tuesday Night Club murders

On a quiet Tuesday in St Mary Mead, a group of friends gather for dinner.

A policeman, a clergyman, a solicitor, an author, an artist, and an unassuming lady with a shrewd gaze – Miss Jane Marple. Conversation naturally turns to crime.

Each recounts a seemingly unsolvable mystery. Each thinks they know the answer.

But it’s the one they least expect who understands the true nature of each wicked act…

Never underestimate Miss Marple

‘Billions of readers can’t be wrong.’
Dreda Say Mitchell

‘The plots are so good that one marvels . . . most of them would have made a full-length thriller.’
Daily Mirror

©1932 Agatha Christie (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Amateur Sleuths Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Thriller

Critic reviews

‘Without a doubt, the greatest mystery writer of all time’ – Ragnar Jonasson

‘A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow’ – Andrew Taylor

‘She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed’ – Susan Lewis

‘Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible’ – David Baldacci

‘All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt’ – Peter James

‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’ – Tana French
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This book is well worth a credit. An Agatha Christie masterpiece. Miss Marple solves very different mysteries in all in novel.

Brilliant

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Fans of the genre looking for stories neatly wrapped up in less than an hour will be well satisfied. Narration was good, appropriate for the setting and characters. The Problems themselves were varied enough to merit being listened to back-to-back, should the listener find themselves unable to reach the pause button.

Enjoyable Murder

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This is a collection of short stories many of which have been adapted for TV and are familiar in one way or another. The Tuesday night club tells each other stories of crime, to stretch their problem solving skills and Miss Marple is the one who uses her insights from village life to get the answer every time.
Being short tales some feel a bit trite but overall this is a good collection which are well written and well narrated.
Enjoyable listening.

Some stories are better than others

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A fine collection to dip in and out of. I listened while dog walking as the stories are not to taxing on old my old brain.

A fine collection

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Juliet was brilliant with her portrayal of the characters. I found myself listening to this in bed and it helped me get a good nights sleep. Short chapters packed with Christie magic.

Excellent narration

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