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  • The Affair at the Victory Ball

  • A Hercule Poirot Short Story
  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: David Suchet
  • Length: 33 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)
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Summary

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time on audio.

A woman leaves a fancy dress ball early and is later found to have died from a drugs overdose. Hercule Poirot investigates in this, the first story written about him.
©2019 Agatha Christie (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Short Stories Cosy Traditional Detectives Crime Thrillers Historical
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"The plots are so good that one marvels....most of them would have made a full length thriller." (Daily Mirror)

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An amazing book gripping and will never be boring. Something I will listen to again and again and again.

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