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The Big Four & Cards on the Table

Written by: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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The Big Four

In this official edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot gets caught up in an international scheme. Now with a beautiful new series look.

Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot’s bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper?

Poirot finds himself plunged into a global conspiracy, risking his life—and that of his “twin brother”—to uncover the truth.

Cards on the Table

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadly.

Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s “private collection.”

Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.…

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Cards on the Table is my favourite Poirot book and Hugh Fraser does an immaculate job as narrator. Of course, hearing him play Captain Hastings again was a real treat. The Big Four was more of a bonus. You can buy Cards on the Table separately, but why would you when you can get two for the price of one? It’s one of the earliest Poirot books (which is ironic because it takes place later in the timeline) and is a VERY different kind of novel than the typical Agatha Christie mystery. Think more action thriller as a collection of short stories (it was originally published as short stories in a magazine in 1924).

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