Murder in the Mews

Four Cases of Hercule Poirot: The Official Authorized Edition

De: Agatha Christie

Narrado por: Nigel Hawthorne

Agatha Christie’s classic Murder in the Mews presents four mystifying criminal conundrums that will seriously test the superior detecting skills of the unflappable Hercule Poirot.

How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed Sir Gervase shatter a mirror in another part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes?

Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases—each a miniature classic of characterization, incident, and suspense.

Four short mysteries from Christie

The first short story in this audio book, Murder in the Mews, is narrated poorly by Nigel Hawthorne. The rest of the stories are wonderfully narrated by Hugh Fraser. Overall, I found them to be enjoyable quick listens.

Hawthorne's narration is not a big deal.

Three really engaging mysteries and one OK mystery. Don't let reviews fool you! Highly recommend!

Great writing and narration

It isn't one of my favorites, but it's a classic Christie novel. A very good narrator.

Don't fret over the narration of Nigel Hawthorne!

Hugh Fraser is to the rescue!
For some reason, the description of this title only includes Nigel Hawthorne as the narrator (who would have received one star as a narrator, mainly due to his poor reading of Poirot), but Hawthorne is only the narrator of the first story in this compilation. The wonderfully talented Hugh Fraser (Captain Hastings to the fans of the television series) narrates the other three stories. Hoorah for Hastings!

Forever fan

loved this- so well done and in keeping with the original story! Will listen over and over and always hear something new..

Fine diversion, but not as good as usual

I am sad to say I didn't enjoy these 4 novellas as much as I usually enjoy Christie, but that was partly because of the narration. Off the bat that disappointed me in Murder in the Mews. And that crime had me fooled for a while, but I was on the right track by the time Poirot explained all. The other stories were a bit better in narration. I half solved the theft of the papers, and the had figured out the method of covering up the murder with the broken mirror, though I didn't peg down the full picture. The final case I did not care for at all, and while I knew at the time it was committed who the poisoner was, I did not at all grasp the grander scheme. They made an easy little diversion from my reading of late though, I think I just prefer Christie's longer mysteries. And I prefer the usual narrators to Mr. Hawthorne.

Great stories, Great narration

Thoroughly enjoyed the stories and the narration. Nigel Hawthorn did an amazing job with the voices for all of the different characters. So talented.

I love Agatha Christie and I love Audible

I love audible it makes listening easy and fun I can listen to my Agatha Christie over and over my parole my Miss Marple. thank you so much

Amazing at playback speed .75

I love this collection after reading almost everything from Agatha Christie. I like that these are longer stories, not a huge fan of the short ones. Nigel Hawthorne is great IF you turn the playback speed way down to at least .75 to have a normal pace. You will quite like his this way.

Good Short Stories

I liked these short stories! They are good stories with a couple of interesting twists.