Agatha Christie has 179 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 138 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 5,026 ratings. The most-rated is And Then There Were None.
And Then There Were None
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The world's best-selling mystery! "Ten..." Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen". "Nine..." At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead. "Eight..." Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one...one by one they begin to die. "Seven..." Who among them is the killer? And will any of them survive?
©1939 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers
Murder on the Orient Express
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Winner of the 2018 CAMEO Book to Audio Award What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. On board is the famous detective Hercule Poirot, and one man who, come morning, will be found dead, his compartment locked from the inside. This Audible Original dramatisation follows the train as it's stopped dead in its tracks at midnight. The train's stranded passengers soon become suspects as the race to uncover the murderer begins before he or she strikes again. This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti (The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo (After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast and even sound effects recorded on the Orient Express itself. Starring: Tom Conti as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo as Mary Debenham, Paterson Joseph as Colonel Arbuthnot, Walles Hamonde as Hector Macqueen, Jay Benedict as Monsieur Bouc, Jane Asher as Mrs Hubbard, Rula Lenska as Princess Dragonioff, Ruta Gedmintas as Countess Andrenyi, Eddie Marsan as Ratchett and Art Malik as the Narrator. Also featuring: Marie Rabe, John Chancer, Cedric Cirotteau, Andreas Karras, Barnabas Reti, Cristina Catalina, Greg Canestrari, Harry Hadden-Paton, Christope Delesques, Atilla Akinci, Hakan Silahsiz and Jeff Gerard.
©1934 Agatha Christie (P)2017 Audible, Ltd
Murder on the Orient Express
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"The murderer is with us - on the train now..." Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again....
©1934 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2013 HarperCollinsPublishers
Poirot's Finest Cases
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John Moffatt stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. "The ABC Murders": A chilling letter sets the sleuth on the trail of an enigmatic killer. "After the Funeral": A wealthy businessman is dead, and his sister thinks it was murder. "Death on the Nile": Poirot is in Egypt when a chilling murder takes place. "Peril at End House": Whilst on holiday, the sleuth encounters a young woman, a hat, and a bullet. "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd": Mrs Farrars is found dead, one year after the death of her husband. "Murder on the Orient Express": Poirot is aboard a snowbound train when a passenger is found murdered. "Three Act Tragedy": Poirot is one of the guests at a party when a clergyman dies whilst sipping a cocktail. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles": Poirot and Captain Hastings become re-acquainted in a quiet English village in 1916. These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations showcase eight of the finest cases in Hercule Poirot's career. Based on the original novels by Agatha Christie, they feature a cast of outstanding actors playing an array of likely suspects…
©2014 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2014 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected, also, that someone had been blackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose. But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death.
©1926 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Death on the Nile
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Soon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer - coming September 17, 2021! Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries. The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems. A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie’s most legendary and timeless works. “Death on the Nile is perfect.” (The Guardian) “One of her best.... First rate entertainment.” (Kirkus Reviews)
©1937 Agatha Christie Limited (P)1992 Chivers Press Ltd
More of Poirot's Finest Cases
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John Moffat stars as the great Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations.
'Evil Under the Sun': on holiday in Devon, Poirot becomes embroiled in the murder of a glamorous American starlet.
'Sad Cypress': a poison pen letter begins a chain of events which is to end in tragedy.
'Murder in Mesopotamia': when death occurs at an archaeological site in the Iraqi desert, Poirot is on hand to dig for clues.
'Lord Edgware Dies': Lord Edgware is found brutally stabbed, his wife the prime suspect. But did she murder him?
'Hallowe'en Party': the sleuth investigates the death of a girl drowned in an apple-bobbing tub on All Hallows' Eve.
'Murder on the Links': summoned urgently to France, Poirot finds his wealthy client dead. Can he trace the killer?
'Five Little Pigs': a bride-to-be hires Poirot to solve a 16-year-old case and prove her mother innocent of murder.
These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations find Poirot pitting his 'little grey cells' against a variety of cunning criminals. Based on Agatha Christie's original novels, these superb adaptations feature a host of distinguished actors including Iain Glen, Fiona Fullerton, Stephanie Cole and Stephen Tompkinson.
©2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd
More from Marple's Casebook
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June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in seven suspenseful full-cast radio dramatisations. 'The Moving Finger' Miss Marple must find out who is behind an outbreak of hate mail and a tragic death. 'They Do It With Mirrors' Visiting an old friend at Stoneygates School, Miss Marple senses danger. 'Nemesis' A posthumous letter sends the spinster sleuth on a mystery tour to find a murderer. 'Sleeping Murder' What is the dark secret behind Gwenda Reed’s uncanny intuition? Miss Marple investigates.... 'Tape-Measure Murder' A wife is killed, her husband is under suspicion - and Miss Marple is called to provide an alibi. 'The Case of the Perfect Maid' The sharp-witted sleuth looks into the problem of a lady’s maid who has been mysteriously sacked. 'Sanctuary' An unknown man dies in the local church - can Miss Marple deduce his identity from his last words? These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations, based on four novels and three short stories by Agatha Christie, showcase seven of Miss Marple’s most ingenious mysteries. The Moving Finger, They Do It With Mirrors, Nemesis and Sleeping Murder dramatised by Michael Bakewell and directed by Enyd Williams Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of the Perfect Maid and Sanctuary dramatised by Joy Wilkinson and directed by Gemma Jenkins.
©2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Death on the Nile
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Soon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer - coming September 17, 2021! Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries. The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems. A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie’s most legendary and timeless works. “Death on the Nile is perfect.” (The Guardian) “One of her best.... First rate entertainment.” (Kirkus Reviews) Death on the Nile®, Agatha Christie® and Poirot® are registered trademarks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and elsewhere. All rights reserved.
©1937 Agatha Christie (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
'Murder at the Vicarage' & 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'
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Enjoy the first novels that brought the world two of Agatha Christies’ most enduring detectives: Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. The Murder at the Vicarage: The first Miss Marple mystery, one which tests all her powers of observation and deduction. "Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe," declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, "would be doing the world at large a favor!" It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later - when the Colonel is found shot dead in the clergyman’s study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe. The Mysterious Affair at Styles: Captain Arthur Hastings, invalided in the Great War, is recuperating as a guest of John Cavendish at Styles Court, the "country-place" of John's autocratic old aunt, Emily Inglethorpe - she of a sizeable fortune, and so recently remarried to a man 20 years her junior. When Emily's sudden heart attack is found to be attributable to strychnine, Hastings recruits an old friend, now retired, to aid in the local investigation. With impeccable timing, Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, makes his dramatic entrance into the pages of crime literature. Make sure not to miss the rest of these detectives’ exciting adventures!
©1930 Agatha Christie Ltd. (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers
Cards on the Table
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Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's "private collection". Indeed, what begins as an absorbing evening of bridge is to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.
©1936 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2003 HarperCollins Publishers
The Mysterious Affair at Styles & The ABC Murders
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Two best-selling Agatha Christie novels in one great audiobook The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all. Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary - from the heiress' fawning new husband to her two stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. With impeccable timing, and making his unforgettable debut, the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case. The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie's beloved classic The ABC Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer. There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident - but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal, mistake.
©2020 Agatha Christie (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
Man in the Brown Suit & 4:50 From Paddington
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Romance, adventure, and train travel can all be a little bit dangerous, especially in the hands of Agatha Christie. The Man in the Brown Suit: Pretty young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her - and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: "17-122 Kilmorden Castle"? 4:50 From Paddington: For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses...and no corpse. This title was previously published as What Mrs. McGrillicuddy Saw! Keep the mystery alive with more stories from Agatha Christie.
©1957 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.
A Murder Is Announced
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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette that read: "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m." Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out....
©1950 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers
The Hollow
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A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell's country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife stands over him, holding a revolver. As Poirot investigates, he begins to realize that beneath the respectable surface lies a tangle of family secrets and everyone becomes a suspect. This title was previously published as Murder After Hours.
©1946 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers
By the Pricking of My Thumbs & Postern of Fate
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Tommy and Tuppence are at it again. This detective couple can never walk away from a mystery and these two later novels are no exception. By the Pricking of My Thumbs: When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada is a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs. Lockett mentions a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs. Lancaster talks about "something behind the fireplace", Tommy and Tuppence find themselves caught up in a spine-chilling adventure that could spell death for either of them... Postern of Fate: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: "Mary Jordan did not die naturally." And 60 years after their first murder, Mary Jordan's enemies are still ready to kill.... Don’t miss out on the rest of the daring couple’s adventures and other Agatha Christie mysteries!
©1973 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2006 HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.
A Caribbean Mystery
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As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a murderer he had known. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintance, the Major was suddenly interrupted. A diversion that was to prove fatal.
©1964 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers
Nemesis
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In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel...an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime...the ultimate crime...murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remained buried....
©1971 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers
The Murder on the Links
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An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course. But why is the dead man wearing his son's overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse...
©2008 HarperCollins Publishers (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers
Hallowe'en Party
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At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the "evil presence". But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double murderer.
©1969 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers