Regular price: $19.38

Membership details Membership details
  • A 30-day trial plus your first audiobook, free.
  • 1 credit/month after trial – good for any book, any price.
  • Easy exchanges – swap any book you don’t love.
  • Keep your audiobooks, even if you cancel.
  • After your trial, Audible is just $14.95/month.
OR
In Cart

People who bought this also bought...

The Secret of Chimneys audiobook cover art

  • The Secret of Chimneys

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
  • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 1,000
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 902
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 905

Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would place him at the center of a deadly conspiracy. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Delightful to listen again and again.

  • By Bernard on 11-23-12
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? audiobook cover art

  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Emilia Fox
  • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 215
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 191
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 187

While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. The man opens his eyes and with his last breath says, "Why didn't they ask Evans?" Haunted by those words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger.... This title was previously published as The Boomerang Clue.

  • 4 out of 5 stars

  • Emilia Fox ruins another Agatha Christie

  • By Becca on 05-12-17
Parker Pyne Investigates audiobook cover art

  • Parker Pyne Investigates

  • A Parker Pyne Collection
  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
  • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 205
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 177
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 178

Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless, and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are you happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pyne." Equally adept at putting together the fragments of a murder mystery or the pieces of a broken marriage, Mr. Parker Pyne is possibly the world's most unconventional private investigator. Armed with just his intuitive knowledge of human nature, he is an Englishman abroad, traveling the globe to solve and undo crime and misdemeanor.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Not a detective in sight

  • By ktkat1949 on 11-09-14
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (AmazonClassics Edition) audiobook cover art

  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (AmazonClassics Edition)

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: James Langton
  • Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 69
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 58
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 58

Emily Inglethorp has been poisoned. And it seems everyone at Styles Court, from the hired help to family members, had a motive - and the means. But with Detective Hercule Poirot out of retirement and on the case, no one's getting away with murder. The Mysterious Affair at Styles was not only Agatha Christie's debut; it also introduced her illustrious detective character to the world.

  • 2 out of 5 stars

  • Narrator was terrible!

  • By Ashley Dorr on 04-25-18
Man in the Brown Suit & 4:50 From Paddington audiobook cover art

  • Man in the Brown Suit & 4:50 From Paddington

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Joan Hickson
  • Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 450
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 397
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 398

Romance, adventure, and train travel can all be a little bit dangerous, especially in the hands of Agatha Christie. The Man in the Brown Suit: Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her - and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. 4:50 From Paddington: For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat....

  • 4 out of 5 stars

  • Two mysteries

  • By Bebe on 06-10-15
Destination Unknown audiobook cover art

  • Destination Unknown

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Emilia Fox
  • Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 145
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 131
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars 132

When a number of leading scientists disappear without a trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. And the one woman who appears to hold the key to the mystery is dying from injuries sustained in a plane crash. Meanwhile, in a Casablanca hotel room, Hilary Craven prepares to take her own life. But her suicide attempt is about to be interrupted by a man who will offer her an altogether more thrilling way to die....

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Kind of like a "Pinky and the Brain" story

  • By montecarlostar on 02-25-15

Publisher's Summary

One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure, poisoned by a deadly cocktail.

It seems likely that the cocktail was intended for the beautiful actress. But while the police fumble to find clues, Miss Marple begins to ask her own questions, because as she knows...even the most peaceful village can hide dark secrets.
©1962 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

What members say

Average Customer Ratings

Overall

  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    144
  • 4 Stars
    57
  • 3 Stars
    21
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    4

Performance

  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    144
  • 4 Stars
    43
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    5
  • 1 Stars
    6

Story

  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    144
  • 4 Stars
    46
  • 3 Stars
    13
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    1
Audible.com Reviews
Amazon Reviews
Sort by:
  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Bad narrator

This narrator is really not suited to Agatha Christie. She is squeaky , shrill and annoying

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
  • EB
  • Victoria, BC
  • 02-03-16

Feeble Miss Marple

Any additional comments?

The Miss Marple stories are usually my favorites, but in this one Emilia Fox has voiced her as so weak and retiring that poor Miss Marple always sounds as if she's speaking from her fainting couch. By contrast, the other characters sometimes sound as if they're shouting.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Painful American Accents

I'm sorry, I tried to like this. I finished it but I felt like my ears were bleeding. Please, of you have the talent that she had with voices, practice your accents and don't put out this rubbish.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Excellent Agatha Christie

Emilia Fox is an excellent narrator, and she does a great job voicing the multiple characters in this charming British mystery.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • LRC
  • Greensburg, PA, United States
  • 03-10-18

Love Agatha Christie; hate reading

Great story from Agatha Christie but the reader is awful. Everyone has to be an actor I guess

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Slow action

I am a big Agatha C fan, but some of her novels take too long to develop. This story is one of my less favorite. Everything of significance could easily have been told in 3 hours, rather than 8.

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not the best of Miss M

I love Miss Marple and she is still splendidly deductive here, as the story drags on and on as bodies pile up, and really she has little to do. It’s a long way around to her “simple” solution. The narration is uneven. Also not the best. But at least she finds a way to rid herself of her most annoying housemaid. We applaud.

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Good story but I figured it out immediately

I enjoyed the story but sadly I figured out the mystery immediately. As soon as they said who died I knew precisely whodunit and why. Call it a mother's intuition or whatever you'd like, but I wasn't fooled by any of the misdirection in the mystery. I enjoyed the story despite figuring it out way too soon, but it won't ever be my favorite Agatha Christie mystery since I sat on the solution for far too long... great narration as always by Emilia Fox!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Horrible American accents

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. The American accents are awful! One of the main characters has an annoying upward inflection and ever R is so hard and over pronounced. If you like the English language, avoid this recording.

What did you like best about this story?

The story is great, the performance is not.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful