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The Sittaford Mystery: Complete & Unabridged [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Agatha Christie (Author), Nathaniel Parker (Reader)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Chivers Audio Books (Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0754002365
  • ISBN-13: 978-0754002369
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,683,709 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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About the Author
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Vintage Whodunnit, 6 April 2006
By S. Hapgood "www.sjhstrangetales.com" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sittaford Mystery (Agatha Christie Signature Edition) (Paperback)
I don't personally tend to be very fond of the early Christie novels overall. They usually seem a bit lightweight, a bit too sparse and economical, and too full of Bright Young Things making glib jokes and arch comments all the time. There is a bit of that in 'The Sittaford Mystery', (published in 1931), but on the whole this is a very readable mystery novel. Set in a remote village on Dartmoor, a group of people are holding a seance in a snow-bound house, when a message comes through, seemingly from The Other Side, that one of their neighours, Captain Trevelyan, has been murdered. It turns out to be true, and that the murder happened at exactly the time it was revealed in the seance. When an amiable, but not terribly clever young man, James Pearson, is arrested for the murder, his resourceful fiancee sets out to catch the real culprit. I didn't guess the murderer at all in this one, and it was a genuine surprise. What I also liked was that there was no long-winded and highly complex reason as to why the murderer did it. The explanation when it comes is all too human, and very much par for the course in village life! We are led up plenty of garden paths and blind alleys in this one, but the conclusion is very satisfying.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A TIMELESS MYSTERY WELL READ, 28 Aug 2003
By Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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True mystery fans may read and reread tales by the doyenne of all mystery writers, Agatha Christie. With the advent of audio books we can now listen and relisten to our favorites. Surely that will be case with "The Sittaford Mystery" superbly read by acclaimed British actor Nathaniel Parker.

In this, the first novel in which Ms. Christie makes use of the supernatural in her plotting, a seance is being held. The six participants enjoy this pastime, they view it as a lark - that is until a spirit spells out m-u-r-d-e-r. The deceased is supposedly Captain Trevelyan. Not only supposedly, but truly as in only a few hours the Captain is found dead.

It was a brutal murder; death was caused by a vicious blow to the head. Jim, Emily Trefusis's fiancé is the prime suspect. It is up to her to clear his name. For help she turns to a retired Inspector, and a very nosy newsman.

Is this trio able to unearth the truth?

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Silk Purse From A Sow's Ear, 11 Sep 2000
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This review is from: The Sittaford Mystery: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (Audio Cassette)
This Radio 4 dramatisation is much, much better than the original novel, but then the original novel is an awful mess that reads like it is two disorganised novelettes badly sewn together. This play is far more coherent than the novel, the scriptwriter has managed to whip the the plot and characters into shape; but what a strange choice it is for a dramatisation... If they wanted to dramatise an eerie Agatha Christie with a strong whiff of the supernatural, there are so many other, better, books they could have taken. What about doing The Mysterious Mr Quinn? There aren't enough Harlequin/Detectives in English literature, and we should make the most of the ones we have.

Be that as it may, this is an enjoyable play. The Sittaford Mystery centres around the death of an irrascable old landlord whose death is foretold by an ouija board at a party held by his own tenants. Entire communities are snowed in; there are escaped convicts scampering about Dartmoor; desperately needy people inherit large sums of money; mysterious foreigners abound; everybody is under suspicion; and bright young thing Emily Trefusis is looking for a husband. So all the elements for a romp through Agatha-Christie-land are present and a rollicking good time is had by all.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Sittaford Mystery Book versus The Sittaford Mystery Television Adaption
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ultimately disappointing
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5.0 out of 5 stars "I think...that there's a lot more in this case than meets the eye."
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4.0 out of 5 stars Am I becoming a crime genius??
This is a good book, a good story and well written. Maybe its just that I have read so many Agatha Christies that I guessed the murderer. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Standalone earlier work, and a great Christmas read
I love period pieces of detective fiction - Ngaio Marsh's "Death and the Dancing Footman" springs to mind - and this is another wonderfully atmospheric period piece, this time by... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2004 by Nicholas Sales

4.0 out of 5 stars Supernatural Sleuthings at Sittaford
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