
The King of Clubs
A Hercule Poirot Short Story
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Narrated by:
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David Suchet
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By:
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
Hercule Poirot is asked by Prince Paul of Maurania to solve the murder of Henry Reedburn, which has greatly distressed the Prince's fiancée, the famous dancer Valerie Saintclair. The only other witnesses seem to be a family of four who were playing bridge near an open window when she staggered in, crying, "Murder!"
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Hercule Poirot made his first public appearance in 1920 at the age, one guesses, of about 60. He finally breathed his metaphorical last in 1975 at the age of maybe 75 or 80. And in that short span of time — either 55 years or about 20, depending on how you count it — Poirot became one of England’s most profitable and ubiquitous export commodities.
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Unsatisfactory Narration
- By Taylor Turner on 03-08-21
By: Agatha Christie, and others
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The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
- A Hercule Poirot Short Story
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the mystery of the Spanish chest, which has been reported in the papers so often that it seems to be an entirely closed case. But, when Hastings persuades Poirot to attend a fabulous party given by Lady Chatterton, they discover someone sequestered upstairs who is desperate for their help. Will the contents of a dead man's pockets reveal to the inscrutable eye of Hercule Poirot who the culprit is?
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Superb
- By Cynthia K Wilson on 06-05-23
By: Agatha Christie
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A Deadly Affair
- Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd, David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love—crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly deceits. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all at the ready to solve tantalizing mysteries.
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wonderful performances
- By M. J. Mann on 01-11-22
By: Agatha Christie
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Alison Larkin Presents: The Secret Adversary, Murder on the Links, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin, James Warwick
- Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Three critically acclaimed recordings are joined together in this dazzling Agatha Christie Triple Bill, read by award-winning narrators Alison Larkin and James Warwick, star of the Partners in Crime TV series on Masterpiece Theater.
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Pitch perfect narration of Agatha Christie!
- By Mary Katherine Worth on 10-18-19
By: Agatha Christie
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- Jenny Voss
- 02-05-25
The King of Clubs
The story was very interesting. It had a good mystery with great twists. The narrator was excellent the voices were perfect
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- 🔥 Phx17 🔥
- 07-26-22
Accents, overacting & Poirot’s condescending cheek
Love these little nuggets, especially when narrated with gusto. As usual, Poirot is always the
smartest card in the deck.
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- admitone
- 08-02-20
Short but interestingly mysterious.
Another wonderful story from Agatha Christie that is all about the shoes. I enjoy the brief but interesting stories involving Poirot.
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- desiree
- 08-03-22
Perfect
David suchet to me IS Poirot, so this narration is perfect. The story itself is one of the shorter stories by agatha christie.
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- Gidget007
- 08-09-22
Short but Sweet
As always Hercule Poirot does it again. His little grey cells solved the mystery but his ability to see things not as Black or White helped him decide what is best to be done with his knowledge and the good of all parties.
Narrator David Suchet was excellent as he always is when performing as the great detective.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-30-22
David Suchet as a narrator? Yes, please!
David Suchet as a narrator? Yes, please! He's is, obviously, amazing and the one true Poirot, so
it was wonderful listening to him.
The story was, however, very simple and the characters were so shallow that, to me at least, they felt more like caricatures than complex characters. Short stories rarely have the page number to allow for deep characters. This is why, by far, I tend to prefer full length novels to short stories. And Christie's short stories are no different.
Still, I'd listen to David Suchet's Poirot talk about anything, really.
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- Jenny
- 08-09-22
Not for me; I got it because it was on sale
This was my first Agatha Christie read and sadly, I was not a fan. I've watched some films based on her novels (Death on the Nile, Murder on the Orient Express) and they were entertaining enough mainly due to the great cast rather than the plot. I thought a short story would be a good segue into her novels but it was TOO short. I felt like the case was opened and closed so quickly that I couldn't follow it at all. I even listened to this 3 times but was still confused at the end. Just not for me.
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