![]() ![]() Ms Hickson sucked me in (despite the fact that I know the book so well) and held my attention throughout. Sometimes when listening to an audio book I find my attention wandering a bit – but not with this one. ![]() This is a straight reading – she doesn’t ‘act’ the various parts, but her tone is full of expression and her rather old-fashioned accent is perfect for the period of the novel. Listening to Joan Hickson is like being read to by a favourite grandmother. And when the vicar’s wife finally calls in Miss Marple to act as an ‘expert in wickedness’, we know she’ll dig the truth out from under the pile of red herrings that Christie has carefully strewn in our path. However, as always with Christie, there’s plenty of humour, likeable lead characters and a little bit of romance. Spiteful gossip, anonymous letters, jealousy, resentment and murder – not quite what the doctor ordered. But there’s no such thing as peace in a Christie village. The story is told in the first person by injured airman Jerry Burton who, accompanied by his sister Joanna, has moved to Lymstock to recuperate in the peace and quiet of village life. This is my top favourite of all of Agatha Christie’s stories, and this reading by the marvellous Joan Hickson is pretty much perfect.Īlthough this is a Miss Marple tale, she doesn’t in fact appear until the last quarter of the book. Excellent reading of a classic mystery novel… ![]()
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