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Third Girl

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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Designed to match the new look Hercule Poirot series.

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

Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third who came to Poirot for help, disappeared convinced she was a murderer.

Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot’s tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty innocent or insane…

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‘First Class Christie’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Mesmerising ingenuity’ Financial Times
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If you could sum up Third Girl in three words, what would they be?

murder, insanity, sixties

What other book might you compare Third Girl to, and why?

The pale horse - similar period with settings in London.

Which character – as performed by Hugh Fraser – was your favourite?

Hugh Fraser does Ariadne Oliver very well.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitely

Any additional comments?

Perfect

Great later Christie

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Hugh Fraser narrates well, as usual. AC never got the hang of the 60s, it is fair to say. She obviously missed the era of chinless wonders (genre Bertie Wooster) empty-headed young women (still “girls” to her till at least 30), unearned incomes and debutantes. She still manages a crusty old soldier and colonial relatives. Drugs had long formed part of her repertoire, either as poisons or as recreation for the wealthy, but the 60s gave her a wider pharmacopeia. (I suspect she’s shocked that poor people began to use them, instead of being obsequious servants!)
She has acquired some Americanisms - I think it’s doubtful that many young men of that time wore “velvet pants” - I actually blushed!
It’s the performance of HF that brings me back to AC’s later, less successful works. Somehow it’s easier to suspend disbelief with novels set in a previous era - Arthur Conan Doyle strays far from the credible, for example - than in one’s own lifetime. I was too young to experience the 60s fully, although I did have droopy black hair, like one of the flatmates, but we began to be cleaner, thanks to washing machines, or laundrettes, more abundant hot water, having more clothes after rationing and its psychological aftermath.
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More preposterous than most

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so much fun, so many wigs, so much confusion, Poirot and Oliver being madcap screwball comedy partners, drugs, art, money, it could be a Ripley story turned on its head and directed by Howard Hawks. had a lot of fun ☺️

Nothing is what it seems

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Another great story from the Empress of Crime, beautifully presented by Hugh Fraser whose characterisations are pinpoint precise. Christie injects some wonderful moments of humour into her novels, especially those containing the magnificent creation, Mrs Ariadne Oliver. The twisting denouement is archetypal Christie at its best.

The wondrous narration.

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Narrated brilliantly by Hugh Fraser as always. Slightly unusual style of plot for Poirot. Highly recommended

Excellent

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