Double Sin and Other Stories

De: Agatha Christie

Narrado por: Isla Blair, Joan Hickson, Anna Massey, David Suchet, Christopher Lee, Simon Vance

Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot both make appearances in Agatha Christie’s Double Sin and Other Stories, a sterling collection of short mystery fiction that offers double the suspense, surprise, and fun.

In one of London’s most elegant shops, a decorative doll dressed in green velvet adopts some rather human, and rather sinister, traits.

A country gentleman is questioned about a murder yet to be committed.

While summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever dared imagine possible.

In a small country church, a dying man’s last word becomes both an elegy and a clue to a crime.

These chilling stories, and more, cleverly wrought by master Agatha Christie and solved by the inimitable Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple.

Mixed - Half Excellent, Half Mediocre

Narration quality is all excellent, but some of the stories themselves are just dumb. The one about the doll and the one about the medium are boring, but the rest are very good.

There are other, better, and longer collections with the same excellent narrators, but this will do once those are finished.

Mix of Poirot, Miss Marple and stand-alone stories

Read by a variety of narrators, this short story collection has mostly short story mysteries and one of Christie's supernatural short stories. Overall, the short story mysteries were good and except for narrator Joan Hickson, were read well. Hickson's voice is hard to hear and has a lisp. I did not like the last story, The Last Seance which had a supernatural element to it.

Stories I've never heard before!

Unlike most of the reviews, I thought the dressmaker's doll was pretty good. No usual characters, and a twist ending. It had an "Arsenic and Old Lace" type feel. I never knew she did stand alone stories, so this was pretty fun. Loved all of these narrations. I was happy with this purchase.

fun and introduces Mrs. Marple.

a few repeat Hercule Poirot, and a few Mrs Marple. one that is just an Agatha Christie short eerie story
fun read

Excellent!

I don't often give gleaming reviews, but I love Agatha Christie and the narrators were spectacular. This is a book I listen to again and again. Well worth the credit/money.

Fantastic classic stories with a nice balance

Great group of stories read by an excellent variety of talented actors who deliver an afternoon of fabulous dramatic storytelling. Enjoyed several times over.

Joan Hickson is the...

... quintessential Miss Marple. I loved her in the Marple mysteries television series that I watched years ago and she has always been my favorite Marple. Other readers are fine and professional in their approach, but to me, Hickson is the stand out in this collection.

Worth the listen, and the listen again.

Each story is vibrant and intriguing; sometimes you find yourself chuckling right along. The readers are marvelous! A++