Mrs. McGintys Dead, Agatha Christie
Mrs. McGintys Dead, Agatha Christie
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Mrs. McGinty's Dead
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady.Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion falls immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes reveal traces of the victim’s blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn’t seem like a murderer.Could the answer lie in an article clipped from a newspaper two days before the death? With a desperate killer still free, Hercule Poirot will have to stay alive long enough to find out. . . . 

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on July 08, 2024

Another cool Christie mystery. Superintendent Spence is not as well known as Inspector Japp, but he is another regular in Poirot's world. So when he comes to the retired detective and asks him to look into a case, Hercule agrees. Spence can't put his finger on it, but something just didn't sit right......more

Goodreads review by Baba on December 17, 2023

Hercule Poirot, book #30 sees Poirot looking into the case of a man on death (by hanging) row. Another good complex case, also featuring the wonderful ongoing supporting characters Ariadne Oliver and Superintendent Bert Spence. 7 out of 12, Three Stars 20132 read......more

Goodreads review by daph pink ♡ on February 18, 2022

Agatha Christie Book Reading Challenge BOOK 20 :- JULY 2020 3.25 STARS......more

Goodreads review by Werner on August 08, 2021

Most of Christie's “classic” Poirot novels were written in the decades between the World Wars; that's the milieu readers (or, at least, this reader) typically associates him with. First published in 1952, this is one of the later entries in the canon. From the beginning of the Poirot books, it's bee......more

Goodreads review by Anissa on June 13, 2021

I really enjoyed it! The barbs at Poirot that Christie laid out were a complete scream. Actually there's quite a bit of humour in this one. Also, Ariadne Oliver is my favourite and for the little she was here, I just adored her. She left abruptly and I was sad to see her go. I loved Poirot playing m......more