The Poisoned Chocolates Case
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Narrated by:
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Gordon Griffin
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By:
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Anthony Berkeley
About this listen
Graham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. And into the middle of it there drops, like a clap of thunder, a box of chocolates.
Joan Bendix is killed by a poisoned box of liqueur chocolates that cannot have been intended for her to eat. The police investigation rapidly reaches a dead end. Chief Inspector Moresby calls on Roger Sheringham and his Crimes Circle - six amateur but intrepid detectives - to consider the case.
The evidence is laid before the Circle, and the members take it in turn to offer a solution. Each is more convincing than the last, slowly filling in the pieces of the puzzle until the dazzling conclusion.
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- Andy Mac
- 23-10-24
Great idea for a murder mystery
A classic well performed. I’d not read it before but enjoyed it very much. Recommended to all
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- Bibliomaniac
- 20-06-18
A classic from the Golden Age
This is an absolute classic from the Golden Age of detective fiction. You are guaranteed to keep puzzling and guessing as solutions are proposed and knocked down one by one. It is harder to follow in audio form, however, since you can't easily go back and check prior details as new points emerge. This version includes an introductory essay about the author, as well as two additional endings written by fellow members of the Detection Club -- I think the extra endings fall very flat, and the story is far better left in the original, but they had to be included if this is supposed to be a definitive edition.
The narrator is good, giving the telling plenty of energy without overdoing it. Occasionally he throws emphasis on a strange part of a sentence, as if he doesn't quite understand what he's reading, but this is very infrequent. His voice is clear and pleasant.
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- MR WBC GOLDSBROUGH
- 06-10-17
Great entertainment.
A satisfying and enjoyable book. Very well read. Appreciated the addition of the two extra "chapters".
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- Dr. R. Brompton
- 30-10-17
Simply wonderful!
I really really enjoyed this classic 'whodunit' from the golden age of murder mystery writing. It definitely kept me guessing.
A group of six people from a crime club and attempt to identify the murderer of the eponymous poisoned chocolates case. Each comes up with an ingenious theory, each in turn has their theory quashed by their fellow club members. I had personally come up with theory number four it I was wrong...
The story can occasionally get a little long winded but the twists and turns will keep you listening. I thoroughly recommend this story.
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- Kim H.
- 31-03-24
The plot!
Liked the narrator and the mystery unfolding. The disguised humour of Berkeley re crime writers and crime writing. The characters too.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-03-24
What a lot of waffle.
So much self important waffling. I actually skipped forwards on some bits that were plain boring. I’d also worked it out before we were even half way through. I’d enjoyed other Roger Sheringham stories but this was interminable and boring. I don’t us usually write reviews but it was so bad it forced my to buy another credit to listen to something else!
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