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The Pale Horse

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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A dark offering from the Queen of Crime.

This represents the world-famous author’s most successful foray into the dark world of murder and black magic.

To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?

Was it the savage blow to the back of Father Gorman’s head? Or was it when the priest’s assailant searched him so roughly he tore the clergyman’s cassock? Or could it have been the priest’s visit, just minutes before, to a woman on her death bed?

Or was there a deeper significance to the violent squabble which Mark Easterbrook had himself witnessed earlier?

Wherever the beginning lies, Mark and his sidekick, Ginger Corrigan, may soon have cause to wish they’d never found it…

©1961 Agatha Christie Limited, a Chorion Company. All rights reserved (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK Classics Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives

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‘Wholesale murder by black magic…highly ingenious, wholly enjoyable’
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This was a great listen to one of Agatha's mysteries that does not involve Miss M or Msr Poirot. Expect that all is not fully revealed until the end, though it is fun to guess. And this a story where you could perhaps guess.
A woman asks to see a priest. She dies, he dies. So it begins.

If you like an old fashioned 'Who Done It'

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Quite a lot of philosophy about evil in this book. Still very engaging. I love how the murderer cracked in the end

Evil

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Really enjoyable story. Just could not stop listening once I started. I can highly recommend it if one enjoys an intriguing story.

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