The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie
The Sittaford Mystery, Agatha Christie
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The Sittaford Mystery

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

The Sittaford Mystery is Dame Agatha at her most intriguing, as a séance in a snowbound house predicts a particularly grisly murder.In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: ""Captain Trevelyan . . . dead . . . murder.""Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snowdrifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot. . . .

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 20, 2023

A stand-alone without Miss Marple or Poirot. Major Burnaby attends a dinner party at the Willett's that gets out of hand when someone suggests they try table-turning to spice up the evening. Table-turning was what people used to do before Ouija boards were all over the place. After the usual giggling......more

Goodreads review by Julian on November 17, 2024

This is a classic Agatha Christie where she makes you suspect most of the characters during the book and then it turns out to be the person you least suspected - and then it seems so obvious they did it. How does she do this and how come I didn't spot the clues? The writing is so effortless and simpl......more

Goodreads review by Thibault on June 02, 2023

A group of neighbors in a remote village decide to hold a séance during which a spirit announces that Captain Joseph Trevelyan, the owner of the house they’re in, has just been murdered in a neighboring village. The best friend of Captain Trevelyan, Major Burnaby, needs to know if his friend is alri......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on April 28, 2015

Agatha Christie does it again. No Marple or Poirot in this one. Instead, Emily Trefusis is our plucky heroine. Christie adores creating a smart, attractive, sharp female character. Emily is determined to get her fiancée, James Pearson, out of jail. He's accused of murder - but Emily knows there's no......more

Goodreads review by Lady Clementina on December 10, 2021

2021 Review: The Sittaford Mystery (or The Murder at Hazelmoor), a standalone by the Queen of Crime, first published in 1931, is a quite perfect read for the season with a murder in a snowed-in English village difficult to navigate, a fair few suspects, and a touch of spookiness! Our story opens in th......more