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“The Empress of the crime novel.”
Sunday Express
“An excellent book to take away for a weekend reading.” New York Times
“You can’t go wrong with this one, certainly the best of the always high-grade Christie items in quite some time.” Books
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"The Empress of the crime novel." Sunday Express "An excellent book to take away for a weekend reading." New York Times "You can't go wrong with this one, certainly the best of the always high-grade Christie items in quite some time." Books
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
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?
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
I read this last night as I am waiting for a couple of new novels from Amazon, so I thought I'd post a wee review. Read more
Published 1 month ago by wendy
Is Anybody There?
I started reading this believing it was a Poirot book, it wasn't. Although I believe Mrs Marple was the main character in one of the tv adaptions. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dickie III
One of my favourite Agatha Christie novels
This is one of my favourite Agatha Christie books. The atmospheric feel is created by a number of elements; the snow-bound Dartmoor village, the seance, the escaped convict... Read more
Published 2 months ago by downkiddie
Excellent
Well read and produced Good story. I really enjoyed Good not to have a Marple or Poirot in it with some echoes of thhe Hound of the Baskervilles
Published 3 months ago by Kenneth W. Jones
Snowed in with Agatha
The village of Sittaford is snowed in. The cast of characters are cut off in this hamlet in the middle of Dartmoor. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Don Wardell
Far from vintage Christie
Despite an intriguing atmospheric opening (snow, sense of something untoward imminent), this is poor as detection - which after all is the main reason one reads Christies. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Anton
Very good but perhaps a little long
Poor 'Sittaford Mystery'! The ITV Marple series did tremendous damage recently to this very reasonable early Christie novel, changing almost everything including the identity of... Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Iain C. Davidson
Radio drama at its best
The Sittaford Mystery combines the elements of the cosy life of a village cut off by snow , a murder mystery , love interest and a nod to Conan Doyle. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2009 by Helen Stephens
Sorry Agatha this is better than the book
You should listen to this on a cold winters night or even better on a day or night while it is snowing (but don`t wait that long). Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by SPURS
The Sittaford Mystery Book versus The Sittaford Mystery Television...
This is the second time in writing a review after having watched the television adaption of an Agatha Christie novel. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2008 by Joanne D'Arcy
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