Death on the Nile

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Death on the Nile

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: David Suchet

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Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery, read by Hercule Poirot himself, David Suchet.

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything… until she lost her life.

Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed…

Crime Thrillers

Mystery

Thriller & Suspense

Traditional Detectives

Critic Reviews

“The construction is flawless” Daily Mail

“Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.” The Times

“The main alibi is of the first brilliance … the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.” Observer

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I've read more than a few audiobooks narrated by David Suchet. The direction and audio engineering of this audiobook was far lower than the usual standard.

The choice of voice for Colonel Race was appalling; giving him a lisp and a dumb nasal tone was insulting and showed no understanding of his backstory or character by the director. The voices given to the Egyptian natives were unnecessarily jarring and annoyingly piercing to the ear in such a usually low-volume audiobook.

I usually speed up audiobooks but I considered slowing this one down, some parts were so fast, sounding like it had been sped up rather than Suchet was reading quickly. The volume was low and inconsistent (no compression?) in many sections, I had to turn the volume up many times. I had to relisten to many sections to understand mumbling, softly spoken or muddy-sounding passages (and according to my last hearing test I've better than average hearing).

Great story of course, it's a classic. David Suchet is very talented. I'm so disappointed in the narration and sound quality choices though.