The Murder at the Vicarage

A Miss Marple Mystery

De: Agatha Christie

Narrado por: Richard E. Grant

The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.

Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.

Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.

An Remarkable Performance, Most Memorable

I have come to Agatha Christie late in my long, mostly literary reading life. Sometimes something a little light, but a little less light than Wodehouse is just the thing. Christie's craft has been analyzed and praised and parroted by admirers for almost a century, so here I will raise my glass to Richard E. Grant's lively performance. He lights up each character with a distinctive voice and personality, never failing to catch the wry humor and droll perspective on class attitudes and "human nature" that suffuses Christie's oeuvre. His performance is so compelling, I find myself recalling lines from his performance in my day-to-day encounters with real-world "human nature," a great help in dealing with everything from bad food to nosy prigs and pretentious prats. #SmallTownLife #Nostalgic #Humorous #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes

Lovely listen

Am listening to books while on long drives. what a delightful way to travel. I highly encourage it for long flights also.

fun listen

I've listened to this one several times now. Very fun story with a fun farewell at the end. Looking forward to more in this series. can't decide if I like these or Poirot better.

The performance is well done and captures the vicar's perspective very well.

Entertaining

Well paced. Fun shockers in the story and the performance was adequate. Some of the voices were too over the top.

Perfect marriage of narrator and story

This is the introductory story of Miss Marple. Brilliant narration and delightful story. Highly recommended.