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Agatha Christie
Crooked HouseCrooked House New19 Feb 04
Murder Is EasyMurder Is Easy New19 Feb 04
The Murder at the VicarageThe Murder at the Vicarage New19 Feb 04
A Murder Is AnnouncedA Murder Is Announced New19 Feb 04
Lord Edgware DiesLord Edgware Dies New19 Jan 04
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About the Author (Photo (c) Angus McBean/Havard Theatre Collection)
Bibliography


New Audio Tape HarperCollins Audio (2004)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Crooked House
Complete and unabridged
The Leonides appeared to be a close, happy family - but once the patriarch of the family, Astrides Leonides, is murdered, the relations between the surviving members prove to be as ramshackle as the sprawling house they inhabit.
In the aftermath of the death, the claustrophobic atmosphere of the house intensifies each family member’s suspicions ... until the veneer of the loving family is tarnished by grief, anguish, and something altogether more lethal…
‘Writing Crooked Horse was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that it is one of my best.’ Agatha Christie

Hugh Fraser plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 5 hrs 45 mins
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Audio Tape HarperCollins Audio (2004)
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Complete and unabridged
Luke Fitzwilliam could not believe Miss Pinkerton’s wild allegation that a multiple murderer was at work in the quiet English, village of Wychwood - or her speculation that the local doctor was next in line.
But within hours, Miss Pinkerton had been killed in a hit-and-run car accident. Mere coincidence? Luke was inclined to think so - until he read in The Times of the unexpected demise of Dr Humbleby..
‘Contains some clever plotting and enough casting of suspicion to keep you guessing like mad ‘ Books
‘One of Agatha Christie’s best mystery novels, a story fascinating in its plot, clever and lively in its characters and brilliant in its technique’ New York Times

Hugh Fraser plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series
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New Audio Tape HarperCollins Audio (2004)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk The Murder at the Vicarage
CD VERSION - Complete and unabridged
‘Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,’ declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ‘would be doing the world at large a service!’
It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later. From seven potential murderers, Miss Marple must seek out the suspect who has both motive and opportunity.
‘Joan Hickson - you can’t beat her, you know. So enjoy this not-so-fluffy old lady doing her Marple thing. Genius.’ Time Out
‘The acknowledged queen of detective fiction.’ Observer
`When she really hits her stride, as she does here, she is hard to surpass.’ Saturday Review of Literature

Joan Hickson played Miss Marple in the popular BBC television series.
6 Cassettes Running Time: 7 hrs 20 mins
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New Audio Tape - HarperCollins Audio (2004)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk A Murder Is Announced
CD VERSION - Complete and unabridged
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’
A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out...
‘Joan Hickson - you can’t beat her, you know. So enjoy this not-so-fluffy old lady doing her Marple thing. Genius.’ Time Out
‘A super-smooth Christie - three neat murders in an English village, [and] an assortment of her famous red herrings, all beautifully marinaded.’ New York Times Book Review

Joan Hickson played Miss Marple in the popular BBC television series.
6 Cassettes Running Time: 7 hrs 48 mins
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New Audio Tape HarperCollins Audio (2004)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Lord Edgware Dies
CD Version - Complete and Unabridged
Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to get rid of her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn’t help feeling that he was being taken for a ride.
After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the aristocrat had finally granted her a divorce?

Hugh Fraser plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series
5 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 30 mins
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About The Author
Agatha Christie at workAgatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 80 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots.
Agatha Christie says: 'I was born in Devonshire, and had a very happy childhood with practically no lessons and lots of time to roam about the garden and imagine things. It was my mother who told me to write. She was a woman of great charm and great character, and was always convinced that her children could do anything! I was in bed with a bad cold and she said, "You'd better write a short story. Nonsense, don't say you can't! Of course you can!"
'For some years I enjoyed myself very much writing stories of unrelieved gloom where most of the characters died. Also a good deal of poetry and a novel with an impossible number of characters in it. Then I thought it would be fun to try and write a detective story. It was an exciting day when The Mysterious Affair at Styles was accepted and published. I was working as a dispenser at a Red Cross Hospital during the First World War when I wrote it.
 'As for my tastes, I enjoy my food, hate the taste of any kind of alcohol, have tried and tried to like smoking, but can't manage it. I adore flowers, am crazy about the sea, love the theatre, but am bored to death by the talkies (and am very stupid at following them), loathe wireless and all loud noises, dislike living in cities. I do a lot of travelling, mostly in the Near East, and have a great love of the desert.'
In 1950 Agatha Christie celebrated the publication of her fiftieth detective novel. Messages of congratulation came to her from many eminent people, including Mr C. R. Attlee, then Prime Minister, who wrote: "I admire and delight in the ingenuity of Agatha Christie's mind and in her capacity to keep a secret until she is ready to divulge it. And I admire, also, another of her qualities, one that is not always possessed by those who produce detective stories, her ability clearly and simply to write the English language."
Born in Torquay, she was encouraged to write by Eden Phillpotts, the famous Devonshire playwright; her first book was rejected by several publishers before it was published in 1920. The wife of a distinguished archaeologist (Professor Max Mallowan of Lodon University), she assisted him in his excavations in Iraq, where he made remarkable discoveries. They lived in a Georgian house overlooking the River Dart.
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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

  • Crooked House (HarperCollins Audio, 2004) New Feb 04
  • Murder Is Easy (HarperCollins Audio, 2004) New Feb 04
  • The Murder at the Vicarage (HarperCollins Audio, 2004) New Feb 04
  • A Murder Is Announced (HarperCollins Audio, 2004) New Feb 04
  • Lord Edgware Dies (HarperCollins Audio, 2004) New Jan 04
  • The Body in the Library (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Sparkling Cyanide (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Third Girl (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • The Hollow (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Sleeping Murder (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Appointment with Death (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • The Mystery of the Blue Train (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • A Caribbean Mystery (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • And Then There Were None (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Elephants Can Remember (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Three Act Tragedy (HarperCollins Audio, 2003) ( Poirot)
  • The Secret of Chimneys (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (HarperCollins Audio, 2003)
  • Mrs McGinty's Dead (HarperCollins Audio, 2002)
  • One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (HarperCollins Audio, 2002) ( Poirot)
  • The Secret Adversary (Macmillan Audio, 2002)
  • Crooked House (Macmillan Audio, 2002)
  • Cards on the Table (Macmillan Audio, 2002)
  • 4.50 from Paddington (Macmillan Audio, 2002)
  • And Then There Were None (Macmillan Audio, 2001)
  • Murder at the Vicarage (Macmillan Audio, 2001) (Jane Marple)
  • Sparkling Cyanide (Macmillan Audio, 2001)
  • They Do It with Mirrors (Macmillan Audio, 2001) (Jane Marple)
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Macmillan Audio, 2001) ( Poirot)
  • Murder on the Orient Express (Macmillan Audio, 2001) ( Poirot)
  • The Cracker and other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2001)
  • Finessing the King and other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2001)
  • The Unbreakable Alibi and other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2001)
  • Murder at the Vicarage (HarperCollins Audio, 2001)
  • Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • Miss Marple's Final Cases (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • The Wasp's Nest and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • How Does Your Garden Grow? (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • The Triangle at Rhodes (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • Murder in the Mews (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • The Affair at the Victory Ball & Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • 4.50 from Paddington (HarperCollins Audio, 2000)
  • The Blue Geranium and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 1999) HarperCollins Audio Nov 99
  • Dead Man's Mirror (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • Hercule Poirot Gift Set (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • Miss Marple Gift Set (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • Death by Drowning and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • The Unexpected Guest (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • The Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • The Kidnapped Prime Minister and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge and Other Stories (HarperCollins Audio, 1999)
  • Black Coffee (HarperCollins, 1998)
  • Nemesis (HarperCollins Audio, 1998) (Jane Marple)
  • The Moving Finger (HarperCollins Audio, 1998)


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