
Murder at the Vicarage & The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Narrated by:
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Richard E. Grant
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Hugh Fraser
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Written by:
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
TWO BESTSELLING MYSTERIES IN ONE GREAT PACKAGE!
THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.
Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.
Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone—even in the vicar—wishes he were dead. And very soon he is—shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES
Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran.
Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary—from the heiress's fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary.
With impeccable timing, and making his unforgettable debut, the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case.
©1930 Agatha Christie Ltd. (P)2002 HarperCollins PublishersMurder at the vicarage
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I like Hercule poirot and Hugh Fraser and enjoyed this book much more. it kept you guessing and I easily got connected with the characters.
thumbs down for vicarage thumbs up for styles
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Agatha Christie the true Queen of Suspense!!!
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Classic
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Hugh Fraser is a fantastic narrator whom I would pay to hear read absolutely anything. He brings a book alive.
Classic!
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Two performances and two very different reviews
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That said, I'm also not a great listener. I tune out easily so I need extra effort to focus, and unfortunately, Ms Joan Hickson's narration just did not do it for me. AC's stories often have lots of back and forth dialogues, and unless you are following closely, you can get lost easily if the narrator doesn't take the effort to enunciate the different characters, however minor the characterization might be. Ms Hickson's reading style, while classy, is rather flat, and makes it really difficult to follow - sometimes words sound gobbled or slurred and makes it extra hard to make out the words. I had to drop Vicarage a few chapters in (even after a few retries) because I find that I had no idea what's going on.
Mr Hugh Fraser, however, does an excellent job in enunciation. His narration is crisp and clear, and his characterizations have a great balancing of letting you understand who is speaking while not being wildly wacky or growl-ly. After a few chapters I find myself helplessly hooked onto Styles waiting to unravel the mystery. This is my second book read by Mr Fraser, and so far he is my favorite narrator (over Mr Dan Steven, sorry) because I am continually engaged by the performance. In the future I will be looking to purchase other titles read by him.
Narrator makes all the difference
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Really hard to listen to
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