Free Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries Ebooks To Download
The unabridged tales in this Mystery Masters audiobook include all the ones in the print book first published in 1974. With each case, Poirot further proves his reputation as the greatest mind in detective fiction. In "The Plymouth Express," the body of the daughter of a wealthy American industrialist is found stuffed under a train seat. "Problem at Sea" finds a disliked rich woman murdered in a locked room on a ship. "The King of Clubs" involves a prince, his dancer fiancée, and a fiendish bit of blackmail. These gems are alternately read by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser, whose roles as, respectively, Poirot and his sidekick, Captain Hugh Hastings, in PBS’s Mystery! series and the Arts and Entertainment’s Poirot series are considered definitive.
Audio CD
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America; Unabridged edition (July 26, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572704721
ISBN-13: 978-1572704725
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
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It is wonderful to have these unabridged short stories on CD. This collection has two readers- sometimes the story is read by Hugh Fraser, sometimes by David Suchet. Suchet is definitely the better reader, as he uses more distinctive voices for each character, enabling the listener to follow the conversations a little better. However, all the stories are clearly presented, and each one is a delight- and better yet, most are solvable.Another problem I had with this collection is that the stories are sometimes split between two CDs. This makes this particular collection harder to use in the car, when you have change CDs to hear the end of a story.
I had this audiobook in my shopping cart for months but was reluctant to buy it because I was not able to find the answer to my questions regarding the product. Recently however, I made up my mind and went ahead to buy it. Now, I have the answer to all my questions. There might be others out there who have the same questions, so I will address them.1. The audiobook consists of 7 CDs housed in two folded black cardboard cases. The box is slim (about 1 inch width) which makes it convenient to carry around.2. The cardboard cases inside have no design or writings. Very disappointing as I was used to seeing the Harry Potter sleeves with a lot of drawings.3. The 18 stories are listed at the back of the cd box and are the same stories that appeared in the book. However, the order of play in the CDs does not coincide with the order in this list.4. There is no list of the particular stories contained in each CD.5. Upon listening to the entire collection, I found out that the order of the stories is different from the book.So, these are the contents:Disc 1The Adventures of Johnny WaverlyThe Double SinThe Submarine Plans part 1Disc 2The Submarine Plans part 2The Cornish MysteryThe Market Basing MysteryDisc 3Problem at SeaHow Does Your Garden GrowDisc 4The Lost MineThe King of ClubsThe Affair of the Victory Ball part 1Disc 5The Affair of the Victory Ball part 2The Wasp's NestThe Chocolate BoxThe Adventure of the Clapham Cook part 1Disc 6The Adventure of the Clapham Cook part 2The Double ClueThe Third-Floor FlatDisc 7The Lemesurier InheritanceThe Veiled LadyThe Plymouth Express
Quite a nice collection of short stories from Christie. She calls them early cases, but Poirot is not stumbling around making mistakes. He's still Poirot, just not the famous, arrogant, self-promoting Poirot of later years. Very fun collection. I can't wait to listen again.
I love this product. In fact this is the second time that I have purchased it. My original copy was scratched up from overuse. I play this in my car. The stories are short and sweet, just long enough for my morning commute.
This is an audio recording of 18 short stories by Agatha Christie. The cast and narrator are excellent, the voices are distinguishable. The audio quality is good. With several stories in the collection, finding a particular story among the 7 CDs is a bit more of a challenge than I'd like to see. There is no index in the packaging or on the CDs. The CDs are packaged in cardboard folders in a cardboard box. So the indexing problem and the packaging are the reasons I dropped one star...otherwise these make a very nice collection.
Except for one brief audio garble on one disk, all seven disks have played quite nicely. The disk slips are in very good condition. The box is in fair-good condition. No complaints here. We especially enjoyed that the stories were read\narrated by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser of whom we are fans viv a vis portrayals of Poirot and Hastings. I don't think we could have expected any more from a pre-owned CD set than we received. Thanks.
These are a must-have for anyone who loves the genre, Agatha Christie, or Hercule Poirot. They're unabridged (complete), and are wonderfully read by David Suchet and Hugh Frasier, the leading duo from the well-known "Agatha Christie's Poirot" TV series aired from the mid-80's to 2013 when they closed out the last of the stories. Absolutely a treat for collector or mystery-lover.
Hercule is undoubtably one of the most endearing characters for those of us who enjoy mystery. He has style, class and (surprisingly) humor. This series provided many, many hours of enjoyment.
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