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Mrs. McGinty's Dead

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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Following the new-look of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century.

Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim’s blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn’t look like a murderer.

Poirot believed he could save the man from the gallows – what he didn’t realise was that his own life was now in great danger…

©1953 Agatha Christie Mallowan (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK Crime Crime Thrillers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective Scary

Critic Reviews

"The plot is perfect and the characters are wonderful." (San Francisco Chronicle)

"The best Poirot since such pre-war classics as Cards on the Table." (New York Times)

"So simple, so economical, so completely baffling. Every clue scrupulously given, with superb sleight of hand." (Sunday Times)
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I love Agatha Christie's books. She keeps you guessing right to the very end.
Hugh Fraser is a fantastic narrator. You often forget that it is one person reading the entire story. He makes it seem like a dramatized version.

Always keeps you guessing

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Poirot at his best. A good entertaining yarn read by a great performer. Christie’s wry sense of humour, poking fun at herself, is a real treat in this book.

Hugh Is the best. Love his work!

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This was an enjoyable book, but not so much for the murder mystery aspect…. I had no idea who the murderer was throughout, but I felt like the reveal was a bit underwhelming, and came a bit too far out of nowhere.

The thing I really loved about this book was that it was hilarious! The characters, the things they said and did, Poirot’s reactions to the terrible food was so funny.
The mystery in this was not great but the characters were incredibly entertaining!

Made me laugh so many times!

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