Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie
Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie
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Murder on the Links
Classic Tales Edition

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: B.J. Harrison

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: B.J. Harrison

Published: 11/06/2020


Synopsis

Paul Renauld knows he will soon be murdered. But after frantically reaching out to Hercule Poirot for help, by the time Poirot and Hastings arrive it is too late. Renauld’s body was just discovered next to a newly dug grave in the adjacent golf course. His wife relates that masked men broke into their villa at 2 a.m., tied her up, and took her husband. ¶ Spurious motives and nefarious histories come to light, as Poirot peels back each elusive layer with fastidious aplomb.

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 December 17, 2024

I thought this was going to be about a golfer getting murdered. SPOILER ALERT: It was not. This was actually one of the wilder rides that I've been on with Hasting and Hercule. Every time I thought we had the murderer in custody, there was another switcheroo and we were back to Poirot chuckling under......more

Goodreads review by Jaline on May 10, 2019

Side Note: In August last year, I reached a personal milestone of 1,000 books read so far in this decade with the first of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot series, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. With this second novel in the Hercule Poirot series, I have reached another personal milestone: 1,000 e......more

Goodreads review by Henry on May 04, 2024

Agatha Christie's second Hercules Poirot novel isn't a smooth, confident trip of bloody fun to the inevitable solution satisfying the curious fan, her wobbly sea legs will walk down the decks looking straight ahead soon enough no need of endless dead ends to fool the fools but hurting the narrative......more

Goodreads review by Simona on February 03, 2022

This plot is so complicatedthat I lost count of the number of times I lost count of its coups de théâtre. So layered! At one point, when a first (second? Told you I lost count) solution is offered, Poirot says, “This is not a crime well ordered and regular, such as a detective delights in. [...] ah......more