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Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Emilia Fox
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 1 August 2008
- Run Time
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Adventure / action fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
An unabridged Agatha Christie mystery, featuring the young adventurers Lady ‘Frankie’ Derwent and Bobby Jones.
While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’
Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger…
Critics Review
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‘A story that tickles and tantalizes but never exhausts the readers’ patience or ingenuity.’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction both for readers and for writers.’ Val McDermid
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Details
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Emilia Fox
- Duration
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 August 2008
- ISBN
- 9780007250042
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Adventure / action fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
An unabridged Agatha Christie mystery, featuring the young adventurers Lady ‘Frankie’ Derwent and Bobby Jones. While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’ Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger…
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