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The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding & The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
Ostensibly retired, Hercule Poirot investigates a sensational news story and an international secret in this pairing of mysteries.
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Published
September 17th 2001
by BBC Audiobooks America
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Two short novellas that make for an enjoyble evening's read. Although retired, Hercule Poirot is lured back into the private investigator's game when a valuable ruby is stolen from Prince from somewhere in the Mideast. The investigation takes place during a traditional English Christmas celebration at a large home in the country featuring snowmen, decorations, stockings, Midnight Mass, lavish meals, and a Christmas pudding. In this novella, Christie throws around enough clues that it's fairly...more
You can't go wrong with Agatha Christie when you're in the mood for a clever mystery. I was very proud of myself for immediately figuring out the culprit in "The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding." In the second story, I didn't fare as well. Even with the hint about Othello, I didn't suspect the villain.
Quick listen, one with a Christmas theme. Nothing special.
Pudding a bit predictable, Spanish Chest not so.
Not the most accomplished of Agatha Christie's mysteries, but as short stories that you can listen to with half an ear, they work well for accompanying you in the car. Hugh Frasier does the narration. He may have been a great Hastings in the tv adaptations but his accent for M. Poirot is awful. Sounds more like a B-movie Arabian caricature. If you can get past that, it's a fun and quick listen.
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Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.
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