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Midsummer Mysteries

By: Agatha Christie, Joan Hickson
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser, David Suchet
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 An all-new collection of summer-themed mysteries from the master of the genre, just in time for the holiday season.

Summertime – as the temperature rises, so does the potential for evil. From Cornwall to the French Riviera, whether against a background of Delphic temples or English country houses, Agatha Christie’s most famous characters solve even the most devilish of conundrums as the summer sun beats down. Pull up a deckchair and enjoy plot twists and red herrings galore from the bestselling fiction writer of all time.

INCLUDES THE STORIES:
The Blood-Stained Pavement
The Double Clue
A Death on the Nile
Harlequin’s Lane
The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
Jane in Search of a Job
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim
The Idol House of Astarte
The Rajah’s Emerald
The Oracle at Delphi
The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger
The Incredible Theft

©2021 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Detective Exciting Short Story Adventure
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I have read most of these so long ago. its so wonderful to hear them again.

I love all these stories

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A fun dramatisation of a good collection of short stories by Christie.
My one big disappointment is that each story is loudly announced before it begins which wakes me up!

Fun collection of AC stories

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It's pretty good but it all became monotonous. It didn't keep me interested a lot of the time. Glad I got this as a freebie.

Meh 😑

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I thoroughly enjoyed the readings - and story lines. David Suchet never disappoints. Great to hear another tommy and tuppence story

The usual Agatha Christie fun

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I liked the performance of the narrators, but short stories are not my cup of tea. I prefer to get to know and spend time with characters.

I'm not a fan of short stories

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Great actors/narrators but the sound was faint, indistinct and very muffled for most of the stories I attempted to listen to. I struggled to understand Joan Hickson in particular. Sounds like a compilation of very old recordings. Not suitable quality for relaxed or easy listening. So that defeats its purpose for me. Quite a strain to try to get anything from this purchase.

Woefully poor audio quality

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I've read or listened to a large proportion of Agatha Christie's stories and books over the years. I've even been to see The Mousetrap. It's taken some time but I've come to the conclusion that while the basis of her stories - complicated though many are - are valid, the people in them remain stuck in the British upper classes and the church. Christie's readers are awash with Canons and other clerics not to mention servant girls and the other trappings of the upper classes long ago. In individual stories this is probably acceptable but with an anthology such as this, it becomes simply boring.

Typical Agatha Christie; out of date, out of touch

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