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Mrs. McGinty's Dead

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

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Mrs. McGinty's Dead

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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Well, it's no wonder. The plot - suspicion for an elderly woman's murder falls on her mysterious lodger - is from Agatha Christie. The wonderful character happens to be the world's most famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot.

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Unpredictable Ending • Engaging Mystery • Excellent Narration • Fun Twists • Dry Humor • Masterful Humor Delivery
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Agatha Christie is essentially always excellent. However I found the characters not so interesting so this is not her best.

Usual Good Poirot

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Another great Agatha Christie story. Hugh Fraser performance is amazing. He gives life to Hercule Poirot so well I can imagine perfectly well the little Belgian detective. Highly recommended.

Agatha Christie is always the best

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I love all of AC's HP mysteries, and I really enjoyed this one, too. All I would say is that there are a lot of people/names to keep track of. I half wish I had written them each down as they came up.
Hugh Fraser is my favorite HP narrator, and one of the reasons I've loved listening to these books.

Enjoyable

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The title says it all. Naturally, the material is outstanding; it’s Christie after all. And Hugh Fraser gets all it all right—he is masterful at dry humor.

Hugh Fraser just nails the performance!

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Listening to this for the second time. Hugh Fraser is one of the very best readers I've listened to, and with 3 hours commuting (pre covid) I've listened to many.

Highly recommened!

Hugh Fraser is a great reader

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What did you love best about Mrs. McGinty's Dead?

Colorful characters, Quirky Poirot

What did you like best about this story?

It's got all the fun twists, intrigue, and dry humor you expect from Agatha Christie.

Which scene was your favorite?

Poirot's summation, of course!

Any additional comments?

It's hard for me to find an Agatha Christie novel I haven't already read. Even though I think I read this novel many years ago in print, the audio version was thoroughly enjoyable.

Great Story, Excellent Narration, Classic Poirot!

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Another fine Agatha Christie mystery. Well written, well plotted, and good fun. I look forward to reading and hearing my next one.

Christie and Hugh Fraser can’t be topped

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Christie is my favorite author. This is one of her best. Beautifully read by Hugh Fraser.

A great Agatha Christie mystery

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One of the things I like about some of Poirot's later appearances is how Christie pokes fun at Poirot's egotism and fastidiousness. This is one of those books, and the appearance of Ariadne Oliver (a caricature of Christie herself) adds to the lighthearted nature of the characters and setting. Of course, there's nothing lighthearted about murder, but the setting and the characters are rather superficial and simplistic - fun, but not a great murder mystery. This is one of the few Christie stories where I actually figured out who dunnit a fair bit before things were solved by Poirot.

A little simplistic bit of fun with Poirot

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This was quite an enjoyable book! The best part was Poirot's tortuous stay at the Somerhay Inn. His "suffering" had me laughing so hard my stomach hurt! And I loved his interactions with Ariadne Oliver! This was a good! one

Absolutely loved it!

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