Third Girl

A Hercule Poirot Mystery

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast, confessing that she is a murderer - and then promptly disappears.

Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane.

©1966 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Need I say more?!

OK OK, I must admit, somewhat slow at first. however, it being Hercule Poirot, I knew it would be great. and it was.

Did she...or didn't she...that IS the question!

Who is the nefarious soul in this Christie tale? Could it be the young woman who confesses to Poirot that she has murdered someone (and exactly WHO has she murdered)? That would be entirely too simple and would not require the use of Poirot's "little gray cells"! Perhaps it was the young artist who pursues a relationship with this woman; maybe one of her flatmates - one of whom works for her rich (and almost blind) uncle. As usual, the cast of characters (and potential culprits) is large and leave one with any number of possible solutions as to the identity of the murderer. Hugh Fraser's narration is also "spot on". The inclusion of Ariadne Oliver, and Poirot's exasperation with her, is always a quirky, enjoyable part of a Poirot storyline as well.

Suspenseful and complex mystery

I've listened to almost all of the Poirot series and the is one of my favorites. Christie adds in a little more suspense than in most of the other stories and the complicated web of characters and possible clues was great. Mr. Fraser's excellent acting and nuanced experience with Christie's work makes listening seamless and never draws you out of the story.

great story, well done

like all her books, this one is fantastic and a lot of fun figuring it out.
nearly got it all right.
enjoy this one

Great twists in this one!

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved Hugh Fraser! Highly recommend this Agatha Christie book! Poirot is such a doll!

Absolutely Enjoyed Listening

Really enjoyed listening to this Agatha Christie mystery! Have enjoyed already relistening to it.

A Man Reading An Authoress' Words

Would you consider the audio edition of Third Girl to be better than the print version?

When a man reads the main character of a book authored by a woman it changes the tonality of the story and the character of the males.
The authoress does no speak with a man's voice. I don't mean the pitch but the thought process, social influences etc. and points of view that effect how women look at he world and how men look at the world..
I say that having read many if not most of Christie's books and I see, as a woman, a very different character for her male leads than the male readers portray.

That and just the fact that women are not reading male authors and given the male leads a woman's interpretation. It would change the character.

What three words best describe Hugh Fraser’s voice?

It likely doesn't interpret the characters anything like Agatha Christie would sound reading her characters.
Male read women characters as very stereotyped. Not like real people.

Another great Christie Mystery

While being slightly different from the Suchet adaptation it was thrilling to puzzle out the end with characters I enjoyed from the adaptation.

Love Hugh Fraser!

Fraser makes Hercules completely believable and alive! He’s my pick to be Christie one an d only. I would have preferred him for the new Marple collection.

Agatha Christie is incomparable

There is no one that ever quite reaches her level again and again each mystery writer is compared to her and so very few can come close to her genius