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The Clocks
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Hugh Fraser
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2007
- Run Time
- 7 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Adventure / action fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues
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What to expect
Continuing the new look unabridged Poirot titles, read by Hugh Fraser.
As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor.
What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o’clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house…
Critics Review
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‘Deliberately fantastic.’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Superlative Christie… extremely ingenious.’ The Bookman
‘A sure-fire attention-gripper naturally.’ Saturday Review
‘Here is the grand-manner detective story in all its glory.’ New York Times
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Details
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Hugh Fraser
- Duration
- 7 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2007
- ISBN
- 9780007249725
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Adventure / action fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Social issues
Synopsis
Continuing the new look unabridged Poirot titles, read by Hugh Fraser.As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor.What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o’clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house…
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