Miss Marples Final Cases CD [Audiobook, CD, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Agatha Christie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 7, 2005

A classic Marple title now available in CD for the first time. First, the mystery man in the church with a bullet-wound! then, the riddle of a dead man's buried treasure! the curious conduct oif a caretaker after a fatal riding accident! the corpse and a tape-measure! the girl framed for theft! and the suspect accused of stabbing his wife with a dagger. Six gripping cases with one thing in common -- the astonishing deductive powers of Miss Marple.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'When it all becomes clear as day, the reader can only say, "Now why didn't I think of that?" But he never does. Miss Christie at her best.' Springfield Republican

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 over 100 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

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Harpercollins Audio (November 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007199252
• ISBN-13: 978-0007199259
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Books on CD > Authors, A-Z > ( C ) > Christie, Agatha

More About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Miss Marple short stories, January 7, 2006

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S. Schwartz "romonko" (alberta canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Marples Final Cases (Masterpiece Edtn Miss Marple) (Paperback)

No one can do characterizations like Dame Christie, and she can even do these remarkably well within the confines of a short story. This little book of Miss Marple short stories is a wonderful cap to the entire Miss Marple series. I had read some of them individually, but there were some I had not read before, and I enjoyed them all. My own particular favourite though was "The Case of the Perfect Maid" (an oxymoron if there ever was one). It is remarkable how Ms. Christie can typecast each of her wonderful characters so quickly, and provide us with tricky and intricate mysteries at the same time.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Miss Marple, January 19, 2010

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V. Jeter "vpj33" (GA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Marple's Final Cases: And Two Other Stories (Masterpiece Edtn Miss Marple) (Kindle Edition)

I got my Kindle for Christmas, but the first thing I downloaded had to be special. I thought about the books that got me hooked on reading mysteries as a young person, and I knew that something from Agatha Christie was IT! I was so pleased to find this 3-book collection. It is so reasonably priced, and Miss Marple is just wonderful! If anyone wants books that are so well-written, try these. The Kindle is such a wonderful gadget! Why hasn't it been around years before? My bookshelves wouldn't be so packed!!

19 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incorrect Information, April 24, 2005

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Amy E. Harth "Bibliophile" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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I'm sure the 7 short stories by Agatha Christie are excellent as usual. The problem is that if you are looking for the Audio Edition read by JOAN HICKSON, this is NOT read by her. Amazon is listing that she reads it, but this information is incorrect. If you look carefully at the picture provided it shows that it is read by Geraldine McEwan. This may be a fine rendition, but it is not THE Miss Marple as performed by Joan Hickson in audio and TV performances.