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Curtain
- Poirot's Last Case
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- シリーズ: Hercule Poirot
- 再生時間: 5 時間 42 分
- カテゴリー: ミステリー・スリラー・サスペンス, ミステリー
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Appointment with Death
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 57 分
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Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.
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After the Funeral
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 55 分
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When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it.... But he was murdered, wasn't he?"
In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery....
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The Clocks
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 7 時間 13 分
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As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living-room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike 3.00. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strange: only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house.
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Three Act Tragedy
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 47 分
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Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow 13 guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead - choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder.…
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Elephants Can Remember
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 35 分
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Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. For here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident: the broken body of a woman was discovered on the rocks at the foot of the cliff. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies, a husband and wife, shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder?
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Mrs. McGinty's Dead
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 7 分
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Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn't look like a murderer.
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Appointment with Death
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 57 分
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Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.
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After the Funeral
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 55 分
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When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it.... But he was murdered, wasn't he?"
In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery....
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The Clocks
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 7 時間 13 分
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As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living-room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike 3.00. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strange: only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house.
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Three Act Tragedy
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 47 分
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Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow 13 guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead - choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder.…
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Elephants Can Remember
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 35 分
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Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. For here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident: the broken body of a woman was discovered on the rocks at the foot of the cliff. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies, a husband and wife, shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder?
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Mrs. McGinty's Dead
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 7 分
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Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn't look like a murderer.
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Hickory Dickory Dock
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 2 分
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An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot's interest. But then he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items: a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack, and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup. The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 7 時間 4 分
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When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious rubies are missing.
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 19 分
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First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of a corpse in a chest, but what can link these baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot! Feast yourself on these intriguing crime mysteries from the distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.
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Sad Cypress
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: David Suchet
- 再生時間: 6 時間
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Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stands serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence is damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity, and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, one man still presumes Elinor is innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot, who is all that stands between Elinor and the gallows.
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Dead Man's Folly
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: David Suchet
- 再生時間: 6 時間 2 分
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Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct, but it's a feeling she just can't explain...or get away from. In desperation she summons her old friend, Hercule Poirot - and her instincts are soon proved correct when the "pretend" murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real, a rope wrapped tightly around her neck.
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Death on the Nile
- Poirot
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Kenneth Branagh
- 再生時間: 8 時間 13 分
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In this famous Agatha Christie mystery, Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian adventure aboard a glamorous river steamer descends into a terrifying search for a murderer, with enough twists and turns to keep you unsettled and guessing until the final shocking discovery.
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Lord Edgware Dies
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 31 分
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When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen visiting him just before his death and Hercule Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to "get rid" of him. But how could she have stabbed Lord Edgware in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? It's a case that almost proves to be too much for the great Poirot.
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The Hollow
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 7 時間 11 分
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Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final word: "Henrietta". In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom of the pool. Poirot's enquiries reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect, and each a victim of love.
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Third Girl
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 59 分
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Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third, who came to Poirot for help, disappeared, convinced she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives, and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot's tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty, innocent - or insane.
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Taken at the Flood
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 17 分
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A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law, who claims she has been warned by "spirits" that Mrs Underhay's first husband is still alive.
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 6 時間 8 分
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Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man....
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery
- 著者: Agatha Christie
- ナレーター: Hugh Fraser
- 再生時間: 5 時間 20 分
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The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his out flung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments? A shoe buckle holds the key to the mystery. Now - in the words of the rhyme - can Poirot pick up the sticks and lay them straight?
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"First rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny." ( Time)
あらすじ・解説
So Hastings was shocked to learn from Hercule Poirot's declaration that one of them was a five-times murderer. True, the aging detective was crippled with arthritis, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him?
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- Sigurd R Dahl
- 2018/05/19
A must!
Agatha and Hugh is true! The plot intrigues you and the read performance enchants you!
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- Narelle
- 2015/01/21
Last but Certainly Not Least
Can't fault Hugh Fraser's reading. Loved the twist in this last Poirot. Christie, what an author! Will hear again and again and ...
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- DGJ follower
- 2014/01/30
The most gripping Poirot story
One of the best Poirot stories -- masterfully narrated by Hugh Fraser, who also performed the narrating character in the David Suchet series. This is among the Agatha Christie books which are not only masterfully woven crime mysteries but also not without literary merits. It revolves around real ethical and moral dilemmas -- a relatively rare thing in murder mysteries.
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- Kirstine
- 2012/05/09
The end of Poirot
A poignant final case for Poirot aided by his faithful Hastings in which they re-investigate supposedly solved murders/deaths. In true Agatha Christie style it's intricately plotted and enjoyable to listen to owing much to being wonderfully well-read by Hugh Fraser (Hastings of the TV series).
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- DaffoDill
- 2010/02/22
Fantastic
This is a fantastic book. The best thought out story, the best characters, the best twists, and an end you mustn't miss out on.
How clever Agatha was. And to finish like this.....wow.
Buy it, you will not be disappointed.
A clever piece of writing. Not too many characters so it is easy to follow. A contained story as it all happens in one place more or less.
I absolutely loved it. You will too.
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- Jaye Hardy
- 2015/04/29
Curtain
What can I say, Agatha Christie out did herself, in this final case, the suspense intrigue, the amount of suspects that it could have been it was amazing, I was completely dumbfounded when I came to the end and the culprit was announced.
When you start the book you are given a lot of information and you may want to give up but don't you'll regret it if you do.
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- Luce Briggi
- 2020/03/27
A bittersweet farewell
Curtain bids a bittersweet farewell to the one and only Hercule Poirot. While I know that by this point Agatha Christie feelings towards him were less than amicable, her novel doesn't convey its creators impatience. Rather than hurrying Poirot off from the stage, Christie grants him one final performance. I will admit that seeing the formidable Poirot altered in such a visible way did indeed affect me. Still, in spite of his physical appearance, his mind remains as sharp as ever and he is, as per usual, always a mile ahead of his naïve friend Hastings (who is yet again played like a fiddle). Surprisingly Hastings was not as irritating as he could usually be, and while his younger self was more of a stick-in-the-mud kind of chap (at times acting like little more than disgruntled child), this older Hastings seems far more genial. Hastings' feelings mirrored my own ones: being at Styles again brings about a bout of nostalgia, and his reunion with Poirot reveals that underneath his somewhat priggish British exterior, lies a deep affection for his Belgian friend. Their banter was as amusing as ever, especially in those occasions when Poirot teases Hastings about his partiality for redheads. While many of Christie's murderers are often motived by financial gain, in Curtain our 'X' is driven by much more fiendish impulses. Suspecting this, Poirot is forced to act fast. Sadly, his failing health does seem to disrupt his investigation so much so that Poirot finds himself seeking once again Hastings' assistance. The group of people residing in Styles offer us with interesting little portraits of human nature: a domineering spouse, an ambitious doctor, a womaniser...some of these have indeed in some form or other in previous works by Christie but that doesn't make them any less interesting. Christie, as per usual, demonstrates that she is perfectly attuned to capture certain personalities—their attitudes, moral and political standpoints, as well as their fears and desires, their strengths and weaknesses—and the way in which they talk—through different word choices, expressions, and turns of phrases—so that each character leaves a vivid impression in the readers' mind. “As my taxi passed through the village, though, I realised the passage of years. Styles St Mary was altered out of all recognition. Petrol stations, a cinema, two more inns and rows of council houses.” Christie's own nostalgia is apparent in this novel, and Hastings, similarly to his creator, perceives the changes in his world with an uneasy acceptance. There are quite a few works by Christie that express uncertainty over the modernisation and rapidly changing social norms of her country, and these feelings particularly suited the story of Curtain as much of it seems to be a dialogue between the various cases that have shaped Poirot's career. The mystery was skillfully executed, and I enjoyed reading of the way in which seemingly small events and exchanges seemed to alienate the characters from one another. The reveal was both clever and effective, bringing light to the whole affair. I thoroughly recommend this one to fans of Poirot. Sad as it may be, it demonstrates Christie's greatest strengths (wit, murder, drama). And while the novel might be presenting us with Poirot's final case, I am eager to be reunited with him in his early adventures...
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- Gwynnion Kildare
- 2012/12/23
A corrective experience for fans of the TV series'
I am not an avid Christie reader, but I am an avid Christie fan. I grew up watching the old Joan Hickson Marple movies (pocket full of rye used to scare the living daylights out of me), and the early series of the David Suchet tv adaptation of Poirot.
But as the years went on, my love for the old Christie books had changed to horror at the most recent adaptations. After years of waiting for a David Suchet adaptation to replace the awkward accent and strange paleness of Albert Finny, I got a Murder on the Orient Express which I could hardly recognize.
The new trend of adaptation, that of deviating heavily from Christie's story, is painful for someone who was used to the quality of the early series. I spent quite a lot of time waiting for the more iconic tales to swing around, and now that they have, they are horrible to behold.
Here, therefore, is a chance for us fans of the older series, fans of the time when Agatha Christie's Poirot was a good show to watch, one that didn't make you cringe at the obvious changes (so obvious, a non-reader can spot them), to experience something of the "Curtain" experience which we deserve, but will never get.
Enjoy, my friends, this delightful performance by Hugh Fraser (Who does a lovely David Suchet impersonation, btw), and dream of what might have been.
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- carol bradley
- 2020/09/19
fantastic
wonderful story Poirot fans will not be disappointed 😁hugh Fraser brings everyone to life
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- JEREMY E.
- 2020/07/04
Perfect
Agatha at her best. And so very well read. Highly recommend. Applause ensues with an encore or two
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- Fialka
- 2020/07/01
Unusual plot idea
Brilliant and surprising plot, really exciting. Love Hastings as a character so great that he is narrating this. Something about the denouement is a bit blunt and laborious but can’t find other faults!
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- Caronne Hope
- 2020/04/20
Complex and mesmerising
Fantastic ending to the long journey with the incomparable Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings. The story has many twists and turns and just as I think I've grasped who it is... (Just like Captain Hastings) the plot twists again and I'm at a lost again. Well worth a listen, fabulous narration and the character voices fit each individual. (mesmerising)
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- Mrs P. Clarke
- 2019/07/23
I'm not crying, you're crying!
Curtain is one I can hardly bear to watch, which is a shame because the story is so good. I thought I might be better with the audiobook; naybe if it was someone other than Hugh Fraser reading it? But no, I couldn't escape the waterworks! Beautiful and so sad.