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The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser, Christopher Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 08-14-12
- Language: English
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $25.09
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- Tammy
- 07-20-15
So so
This is a collection of shadow stories that Christie wrote before she wrote her classics. They are the pre stories from which the great stories came. Not bad
Great to hear Hugh Fraser, smooth voice, LOVE
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- Joanna
- 09-05-14
Hugh Fraser
Hugh Fraser does a great job of narrating! I like him best, in all the Agatha Christie novels!
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- P-bot
- 11-20-17
i forgot how much I love Agatha Christie!
Just brilliant to the last word and detail! as always. well read and you just want it to keep going.
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- Darryl
- 08-19-12
Nice to hear Christopher Lee
Lee does an excellent job with his share of the stories and I like to hear some of the great voices reading, Heston's performance of Hemingway is phenomenal. As for these stories, I really like Witness and Mr. Eastwood's Adventure. The others are good but more of the typical Christie "formula" and these two stand out. Actually I always thought Witness was a novel and not a short so that surprised me. I always enjoy Poirot but maybe he's more fun in the novels.
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- Amazon Customer
- London UK
- 10-17-17
Wonderful
Wonderful a Great listen. Hugh Fraser is a fabulous narrator. Another Agatha Christie classic. Can't wait for the next one.