The Secret Adversary and The Mysterious Affair at Styles
By Agatha Christie
Read by Alison Larkin and James Warwick
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2 Formats: Digital Download
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2 Formats: CD
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ISBN: 9781518963780
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In this delightful double-bill of Agatha Christie’s first two novels, award winning narrator/comedienne Alison Larkin and TV star James Warwick bring The Secret Adversary and The Mysterious Affair at Styles to sparkling new life. “Larkin is an excellent choice to narrate this delightful classic…her reading is champagne bubbly and engaging throughout…a jaunty, jolly good listen.” Publishers Weekly “This classic Agatha Christie whodunit is brought to life with style. Warwick’s characterization of Poirot is spot-on.” AudioFile Magazine The Secret Adversary It’s 1919. Tommy and Tuppence are charming, broke, and in desperate need of work. They decide to set up Young Adventurers Ltd. - “willing to do anything, go anywhere”. They are soon caught up in a dastardly plot to overthrow the British government. The Mysterious Affair at Styles The very first Hercule Poirot novel! When Emily Inglethorpe dies suspiciously after marrying a man twenty years her junior, her nephew, Captain Hastings, recruits his old friend Hercule Poirot to help in the investigation. ‘Warwick and Larkin are a delightful combination.” AudioFile Magazine
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Summary
Summary
In this delightful double-bill of Agatha Christie’s first two novels, award winning narrator/comedienne Alison Larkin and TV star James Warwick bring The Secret Adversary and The Mysterious Affair at Styles to sparkling new life.
“Larkin is an excellent choice to narrate this delightful classic…her reading is champagne bubbly and engaging throughout…a jaunty, jolly good listen.” Publishers Weekly
“This classic Agatha Christie whodunit is brought to life with style. Warwick’s characterization of Poirot is spot-on.” AudioFile Magazine
The Secret Adversary
It’s 1919. Tommy and Tuppence are charming, broke, and in desperate need of work. They decide to set up Young Adventurers Ltd. - “willing to do anything, go anywhere”. They are soon caught up in a dastardly plot to overthrow the British government.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The very first Hercule Poirot novel! When Emily Inglethorpe dies suspiciously after marrying a man twenty years her junior, her nephew, Captain Hastings, recruits his old friend Hercule Poirot to help in the investigation.
‘Warwick and Larkin are a delightful combination.” AudioFile Magazine
Author
Author Bio: Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was a British crime writer best known for her detective novels and short stories. According to Guinness World Records, she is the bestselling novelist of all time, her novels having sold over four billion copies and having been translated into more than one hundred languages. The Agatha Award for best mystery and crime writers was named in her honor.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Mystery & Detective |
| Runtime: | 15.96 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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