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Sparkling Cyanide

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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A brand new CD audio editon of Agatha Christie’s classic thriller.

Features the recurring character Colonel Race from Death on the Nile, Cards on the Table and The Man in the Brown Suit.

Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary – in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly one year previously.

No one present on that fateful night would ever forget the woman’s face, contorted beyond recognition – or what they remembered about her astonishing life.

©2008 Agatha Christie (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Cosy Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime

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Critic reviews

“The denoument will probably come as a surprise to nine readers out of ten”
New York Times

“SPARKLING CYANIDE is the one … which I should take with me to a desert island; for I find in it a seriousness and a psychological insight unparalleled in the author’s other works.’ Times Literary Supplement
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Another clever, ingenious whodunit without Poirot or Marple. Christie also captures the ambience of the 1940s whilst poking fun at the detective genre, old values & sexism. Hugh Fraser's narration is great as always.

Sparkling Agatha

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The book chapters did not correspond with the audio chapters, which is minor.
A good story. And I love Hugh Fraser. He is such a man of that time

A gripping mystery

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there's a short story called YELLOW IRIS that has the same setup but different outcome.
they both have a woman dying by cyanide at a night club as the start but change directions after that.
it can feel confusing if you remember the wrong one. (Poirot is in the other one.)

not to be confused with another story

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Always love Christie stories, perfectly complimanted by the wonderful Hugh Fraser narration. I only wish she had written even more to be brought to life by Mr Fraser.

usual Hugh Fraser brilliance

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Story a little wordy, which slowed down the momentum and pace of this quite complex tale

Hugh Fraser,s narration

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all good except one thing - that the chapters being read don't match the chapters shown on screen. Makes it very inconvenient to follow.

A cracking story

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lovely storytelling, great for long journeys, refreshing change from hour long abridged episodes, fantastic characterisation

highly recommend

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From a more respectful age, no wonder Agatha's stories continue to be told, retold , revamped for newer media, and yet continue to attract an audience. Also very well read - thank you.

Old-fashioned excellence

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Loved it! Great plot so well written and an excellent narrator. Thank you for the opportunity!

a good book.

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Elaborate rushed denouement raising a question of how a key relationship, hardly explained by the author, ever took place in the context of the life of other characters.

Rushed Denouement

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