Audio CD
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Unabridged edition edition (November 7, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0007199252
ISBN-13: 978-0007199259
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.6 x 5.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
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This is a fantastic collection of Miss Marple tales! I loved them!I downloaded this set of six Miss Marple stories in audiobook for my mom, so it would give her something to occupy her time while recuperating; she had been very ill in hospital at the time. I decided to listen to it myself once she had recovered, because I love Agatha Christie's mystery books too.This audiobook was narrated by one of the best actresses (I feel) to have portrayed Miss Marple, Dame Joan Hickson. Her narration of six of the stories brought them to life for me. And, as she also acted in some of them on TV as serial episodes, I could picture them with ease.The stories in this collection are:The man found dying in the church sanctuaryThe puzzle of Uncle Henry's hidden legacyThe baffling mystery of the stabbing of Mrs RhodesThe question of the murderer with the tape-measureThe case of Miss Skinner's MaidThe curious conduct of the caretakerThere are also two bonus stories that were narrated very well by another lady, which were not Miss Marple mysteries. They were called 'The Dressmaker’s Doll’ and ‘In a Glass Darkly’.Each one of these stories was very entertaining. I love reading mysteries, and Agatha Christie, in my opinion, wrote some of the best detective novels of her day. Her two most well known characters, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, have entertained readers like me for many years. However, I don't think these were her best stories. Although Joan Hickson did a remarkable job in telling these tales, Agatha Christie seemed to have had rushed a couple of them; the plots were not as solid as her earlier pieces. I will say that The Dressmaker's Doll was extremely spooky, and more like a ghost story than a mystery.
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