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Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

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Hallowe'en Party

Author
Agatha Christie
Narrator
Full Cast, John Moffatt, Stephanie Cole
Publisher
BBC Audio
Publish Date
10 September 2010
Run Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts
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Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels. One of the teenagers, Joyce Reynolds, boasts that she once witnessed a murder, although she didn't realise at the time what she'd seen. Convinced that she is just trying to attract attention, no-one believes her - but later she is found tragically drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Distraught, Ariadne decides to call upon the services of her old friend Hercule Poirot to solve the case. Assuming that Joyce was killed because of what she said, Poirot knows he must find out if the teenager was telling the truth. If so, there is not just one death for him to investigate, but two... Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, with Stephanie Cole as Ariadne Oliver.

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Author
Agatha Christie
Narrator
Full Cast, John Moffatt, Stephanie Cole
Duration
1 hour 30 minutes
Release Date
10 September 2010
ISBN
9781408481974
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
BBC Audio
Genre
Films, cinema, Television, Radio / podcasts

Synopsis

Famous crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, visiting her friend Judith Butler in the little town of Woodleigh Common, is invited to a Hallowe'en Party put on by society hostess Mrs Rowena Drake for the local teenagers. During her preparations for the party, the conversation turns to Ariadne's grisly novels. One of the teenagers, Joyce Reynolds, boasts that she once witnessed a murder, although she didn't realise at the time what she'd seen. Convinced that she is just trying to attract attention, no-one believes her - but later she is found tragically drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Distraught, Ariadne decides to call upon the services of her old friend Hercule Poirot to solve the case. Assuming that Joyce was killed because of what she said, Poirot knows he must find out if the teenager was telling the truth. If so, there is not just one death for him to investigate, but two... Starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, with Stephanie Cole as Ariadne Oliver.

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