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Death in a Desert Land
- De: Andrew Wilson
- Narrado por: Joan Walker
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General2 out of 5 stars 1
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Narración:2 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia1 out of 5 stars 1
1928. Agatha Christie leaves England for Baghdad, where two years ago, explorer and writer Gertrude Bell died from a drugs overdose. The authorities believed that Bell had taken her own life, but a letter now unearthed reveals she was afraid someone wanted to kill her. Bell writes that if she were to die, the best place to look for her murderer would be Ur, an archaeological site in Mesopotamia. Looking into Bell's death, Agatha discovers the mission is not without risk. She must use all her skills to try to outwit a killer who hides among the desert sands....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Oh my, poor Agatha.
- De Fede en 01-06-20
- Death in a Desert Land
- De: Andrew Wilson
- Narrado por: Joan Walker
Oh my, poor Agatha.
Revisado: 01-06-20
Agatha Christie wasn't a Nobel Prize in literature, but compared to Andrew Wilson, she reads like one. Murder in Mesopotamia has a really implausible ending, but compared to Death in a Desert Land it's as credible as a scientific treatise. The characters are a bunch of obnoxious idiots, and this unbearable version of Agatha speaks and behaves like a cross between a cheap psychotherapist and a shopkeeper who has to calm an unreasonable client. The whole thing is really the festival of cliche and, despite the messed-up plot, the culprit is obvious long before the end of the book. I only listened to the end because of the fascination that Agatha Christie, the Woolleys, Mesopotamia and archaeology continue to exercise even in this ridiculous and debased form.
Joan Walker's reading doesn't help: Agatha always talks as if she were sedated, Katharine is shrill and unpleasant beyond what is necessary, Americans and Scots are cheap vaudeville.
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Evil Under the Sun
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: David Suchet
- Duración: 6 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,158
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,043
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,037
The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing - she had been strangled.
Ever since Arlena's arrival the air had been thick with sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motive to kill her, including Arlena's new husband. But Hercule Poirot suspects that this apparent "crime of passion" conceals something much more evil.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Always fantastic
- De Lexi en 07-26-13
- Evil Under the Sun
- A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
- De: Agatha Christie
- Narrado por: David Suchet
Great story, not my favourite narrator
Revisado: 09-30-18
The story is well known so no need to say much about it: the great settings and characters make it easy to forget some rather improbable solutions. But Suchet should take a bit more pains with the text and learn how to pronounce “Circe” and “délicieux”. Hugh Fraser is an infinitely better narrator.
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The Innocence of Father Brown Vol. 1
- De: M. J. Elliott, G. K. Chesterton
- Narrado por: J.T. Turner and the Colonial Radio Players
- Duración: 1 h y 56 m
- Grabación Original
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General4 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As good as the BBC version
- De Chris C. en 09-03-20
Not as good as I hoped
Revisado: 06-05-17
The actor playing Father Brown is good, the rest of the cast variable. The sound effects are exaggerated and irritating. The choice of music is inappropriate. But the stories are good. My advice is to try the BBC dramatisations instead.
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