Following the new-look of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century. Available completed and unabridged for the first time on CD.Following the new-look of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century. Available completed and unabridged for the first time on CD.Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim’s blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn’t look like a murderer.Poirot believed he could save the man from the gallows – what he didn’t realise was that his own life was now in great danger…‘So simple, so economical, so completely baffling. Every clue scrupulously given, with superb sleight of hand.’ Sunday Times‘The plot is perfect and the characters are wonderful.’ San Francisco Chronicle‘The best Poirot since such pre-war classics as Cards on the Table.’ New York TimesAgatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.Requires internet connection for purchase, plus iPod or other Audible-compatible player or iTunes software on Mac OS X or Windows• A new series of Hercule Poirot audio editions on both cassette and CD, to follow the books which have been stylishly reset and repackaged, and designed to bring them to a more contemporary readership.• Market research shows that two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again• Complete and Unabridged• Read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings along side David Suchet in the popular TV series.Competition: murder under the sun;death on the nile;the;mysterious affair at styles;evil under the sun;last seance;bodies from the library;midwinter murder;midsummer mysteries. by;ann cleeves;freeman wills crofts;arthur conan doyle;dean koontz;lucy foley;sophie hannah;lucy clarke;val mcdermid;nina de gramont
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