4.50 from Paddington
- Author Agatha Christie
- Narrator Emilia Fox
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 5 December 2013
- Run Time 8 hours and 8 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Historical crime and mysteries, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues.
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Listen to a sample
What to expect
Two trains
Side by side for a brief moment
In that moment, a murder
Elspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death.
But it was only the merest glimpse through a carriage window as the trains drew parallel.
She is the only witness, there are no suspects, and, most importantly, there is no corpse.
Who, apart from her friend Jane Marple, would take her seriously?
Never underestimate Miss Marple
‘All crime writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt.’
Peter James
‘Never a dull moment.’
The Times
Critics Review
‘Without a doubt, the greatest mystery writer of all time’ – Ragnar Jonasson
n‘A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow’ – Andrew Taylor
n‘She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed’ – Susan Lewis
n‘Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible’ – David Baldacci
n‘All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt’ – Peter James
n‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’ – Tana French
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