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The Seven Dials Mystery
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
Agatha Christie’s classic novel featuring Superintendent Battle and ‘Bundle’ Brent.
Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words ‘Seven Dials’ were to take on a new and chilling significance…
Critic reviews
"Her gift is pure genius." (Observer)
"An amusing, exciting, well-written story." (Outlook)
"All signs indicate that Mrs Christie has been reading P.G. Wodehouse, and she does it very well in spots. This is her gayest thriller and mustn't be missed." (Books)
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- Sue
- 17-06-07
Audio perfection
An absolutely excellent reading of an Agatha Christie mystery. Emilia Fox is superb at clear characterisation and the pace is spot on. The audio quality was consistent and clear throughout, with no noticible changes of pace or style.
I had not read this book before so the audio version was a delight, with Christie providing a 'subtle'plot. :-> Plenty of characters, some intersting locations and more red herrings than a Finish dinner party. Audio perfection!
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- Maria2702
- 26-08-16
Enid Blyton for Adults!
Be ware this is one of Christie's early work and very unlike her more mature offerings.
Very 'boys' own' and Woosteresque with a bit of jolly hockey sticks thrown in.
I was going to give it two stars but the fantastic ending brought it up to three.
I won't be listening to Emelia Fox again, she just played up comedy aspects and it was irritating.
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- Denise
- 11-02-11
Emilia Fox was excellent!
I had my doubts as to how well Emilia Fox would read this. But she was excellent.
The story was gripping and fun. She really made the characters come to life and added humour to those characters.
Very good.
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- lynda revill
- 28-06-16
Dreadful narration
Story ok but awful awful narration , probably would've been better done by a male actor
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- Pavarotta
- 20-06-14
Not a good Christie story, and not well read!
Would you ever listen to anything by Agatha Christie again?
I have listened to nearly all the Agatha Christie books available onAudible, and this one is nothing like as interesting as most of the others - it seems more like a Famous Five mystery than a whodunnit for adults, and Emilia Fox's reading of it only exaggerates the feeling that you're listening to a very dated children's story.
Would you be willing to try another one of Emilia Fox’s performances?
I have heard other performances by Emilia Fox which are much better.
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- CB
- 13-04-13
Another car journey made interesting
I really enjoyed listening to this as I drove to and from my brother's house. It's a light hearted Agatha Christie with a strong female lead. I thought I knew who had done it, changed my mind, and then found out I was right all along. The very end was a bit of a surprise, though. It is read clearly and with expression
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- Don1948
- 20-05-23
Alarum clocks!
Good story, narration was poor. Emilia Fox's narrations always sound the same. as another reviewer suggests, perhaps a male narrator would have been better, as most of the characters are male.
what I found truly irritating was "alarum clocks"!
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- moomoos
- 13-03-21
terrible narrator
Good story as always with Agatha Christie but the narration was terrible. I only stuck with it because I wanted to find out what happened.
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- Robert Faichnie
- 13-12-20
excellent
thoroughly enjoyed the audio book. very similar to the film with lots more details added
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- Mary Carnegie
- 11-02-18
Potboiler for the US market
Mildly entertaining story of intrigue amongst the idle class of Home Counties England just before the Depression, intended to appeal to US readers (Americanisms like “sidewalk”, “wire” would have been esoteric before broadcast media.)
I don’t find it in me to identify with anyone but Superintendent Battle- even he’s not at his best- perhaps I’m not meant to - I cannot understand a world in which it’s shameful to work, to be intelligent, to read, to drive safely, to earn a living, to have attended the “wrong school” or originate from anywhere outside those few English counties.
The best thing about Agatha Christie is that there’s no forensic detail to disturb sleep, no need to identify with characters all that much, it’s like playing “Cluedo”. Sometimes she wrote reasonable novels- this isn’t one.
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