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  • Elephants Can Remember

  • A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
  • Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (800 ratings)

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Elephants Can Remember

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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"The Ravenscrofts didn't seem that kind of person. They seemed well balanced and placid..." And yet, twelve years earlier, the husband had shot the wife, and then himself - or perhaps it was the other way around, since sets of both of their fingerprints were on the gun, and the gun had fallen between them. The case haunts Ariadne Oliver, who had been a friend of the couple. The famous mystery novelist desires this real-life mystery solved, and calls upon Hercule Poirot to help her do so.

Poirot is now a very old man, but his mind is as nimble and as sharp as ever and can still penetrate deep into the shadows. But as Poirot and Mrs. Oliver and Superintendent Spence reopen the long-closed case, a startling discovery awaits them. And if memory serves Poirot (and it does!), crime - like history - has a tendency to repeat itself.

©1972 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2003 HarperCollins Publishers
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Riveting

This story definitely was one I listened to from beginning to end. Will be relistening to it again!

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Excellently performed

Well acted, and kept me engaged to the end! It was a little confusing with certain characters’ names but it was still a great performance.

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Poirot and Hugh Fraser, perfect pairing

I love Hugh Fraser’s reading of the Poirot books. This was a pretty good story, maybe not Christie’s most riveting.

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Wonderful for new and fans of Agatha

Very well read. Great intonation and varied voices.
Even if you figure it out before the end it's still enjoyable.

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Hugh Fraser is awesome!

Agatha Christie is a master at creating characters and Hugh Fraser brings them to life.

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So far the easiest Christie book to guess

What about Hugh Fraser’s performance did you like?

Hugh Fraser is the perfect narrator for Agatha Christie's books. His performance is very expressive and I like that fact that he makes each character very recognizable.

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This book was particularly easy for me to guess the ending. I had it pretty much figured out since chapter 5 or so. Not that that made it any less enjoyable. It's always a pleasure to see Poirot unwind the skein of yarn!

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MAKES THOSE LITTLE GRAY CELLS WORK

A great story for those that really want to work alongside Hercule as he deduces. a little hard at first to get into but as you go along you begin to understand Elephants Really Don't Forget.

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Loved it!

Love Agatha Christie and Hugh Fraser is a wonderful narrator for her stories. Definitely recommend this book.

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Great Book!

Unlike other Agatha Christie books, this event happened many years prior to being solved.

I can never guess the results in Agatha Christie books! This also was the case with this book.

Unlike most of the other Agatha Christie books, where most of the people are assembled in one location, because the event in this book took place many years earlier many of the characters described were no longer living. However, Hercule Poiirot was still able to solve this mystery.

I strongly recommend this book.

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Always enjoyed reads

Finally one I figured out. I've come close on some, but this one is the first one I got spot on.
Hercule Poirot and Agatha Christie never disappoint.
enjoy this one

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