3.94 avg rating — 41,588 ratings

"The premise of this book... people gathered around in conversation, recounting mysteries is particularly well suited to an audiobook format. The stories are engrossing as you'd expect the first time around but make for a particularly great "falling asleep to a bedtime story" re-listen"

3.63 avg rating — 6,763 ratings

"Filled with one teen's inner monologue (and sometimes duologue) this one was particularly well suited to audio consumption"

3.84 avg rating — 1,026,025 ratings

"Structured around listening to 13 cassette tapes and the listener's reactions this would probably be best listened to."

3.96 avg rating — 3,341 ratings

"Kenneth Brannaugh does a great job of bringing this reprobate's inner musings to life. "

3.89 avg rating — 1,023,450 ratings

"As with most plays, they're MEANT to be heard, and plain text is a poor second best. Particularly when the readers can add clarity through their knowledge of the subject."

3.60 avg rating — 20,145 ratings

"Again, plays,are meant to be HEARD, and plain text is a poor second best."

3.94 avg rating — 4,447 ratings

"As with most plays, they're MEANT to be heard, and plain text is a poor second best."

3.53 avg rating — 238,255 ratings

"Having a knowledgable reader deal with the difficulties of the prose frees the reader to appreciate the story. "

3.81 avg rating — 89,192 ratings

"As with most plays, they're MEANT to be heard, and plain text is a poor second best."

4.09 avg rating — 941,957 ratings

"A knowing narrator can better express the older British English and the overall feeling than an unknowing reader"

4.07 avg rating — 29,871 ratings

4.20 avg rating — 735,287 ratings

4.03 avg rating — 1,054,510 ratings

4.03 avg rating — 1,054,510 ratings

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings

"The audio-book version that I listened to was great. After seeing so many of the Marple stories adapted as TV programs & movies I find that listening to the originals is a great way to revisit the material, dig a little deeper and even get other chores done at the same time. "

4.25 avg rating — 4,940 ratings

"Read by the author so it accentuates parts of the story that you might miss by just reading it yourself."

3.74 avg rating — 2,828,246 ratings

3.76 avg rating — 31,893 ratings

"I've NOT read this in print but the audio-book version that I listened to was great. After seeing so many of Poirot's stories adapted as TV series episodes I find that listening to the originals is a great way to revisit the material, dig a little deeper and even get other chores done at the same time. "

4.17 avg rating — 437 ratings

"Started reading this on my Kindle and it was an OK read but hearing what the narrator did with it in the audio version made a world of difference. "

4.28 avg rating — 1,835 ratings

3.94 avg rating — 70,583 ratings

3.87 avg rating — 45,024 ratings

3.71 avg rating — 46,766 ratings

3.97 avg rating — 76,759 ratings