Audiobooks Like Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series)

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David Suchet bringing Hercule Poirot to audio is a different kind of authority than Hugh Fraser's — where Fraser's version carries the warmth of a sidekick's loyalty, Suchet's Poirot is the television character given new life in sound, the Belgian formality intact and the little grey cells very much in evidence across six highly efficient hours. The island-locked setting concentrates Christie's methodology. All ten recommendations are other Christie titles from various narrators, a broad author survey for listeners who want to stay in the golden-age detective world and explore Poirot and Miss Marple beyond the Suchet recordings.

10 audiobooks for fans of Evil Under the Sun (G. K. Hall's Agatha Christie Series)

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    Hercule Poirot

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Nigel Hawthorne, Isla Blair, Simon Vance

    ★ 4.61 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (10.9K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.8K)
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    David Suchet's definitive performance as Poirot anchors this collection of 51 short stories, each a perfectly compact puzzle that rewards listening in one sitting.

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    Murder on the Orient Express

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Dan Stevens

    ★ 4.66 ABR Score (755.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (741.3K) ★ 4.68 Audible (13.8K)
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    Hercule Poirot faces his most confounding case when a passenger is murdered aboard a snowbound luxury train. Stevens's crisp delivery suits Christie's methodical plotting perfectly.

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    A Pocket Full of Rye

    Miss Marple • Book 6

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Richard E. Grant

    ★ 4.32 ABR Score (55.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (54.4K) ★ 4.68 Audible (1.3K)
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    Rex Fortescue dies with rye grain in his pocket, launching a nursery-rhyme murder spree that puzzles Scotland Yard until Miss Marple connects the fairy-tale clues. Richard E. Grant captures each victim's distinct voice perfectly.

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    Sleeping Murder

    Miss Marple • Book 12

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Stephanie Cole

    ★ 4.30 ABR Score (54.4K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (53.5K) ★ 4.67 Audible (819)
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    Gwenda's new house triggers terrifying memories of a murder she witnessed as a child, leading Miss Marple to investigate a decades-old crime that someone desperately wants forgotten.

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    The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    A Hercule Poirot Mystery • Book 1

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

    ★ 4.29 ABR Score (515.5K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (514.2K) ★ 4.55 Audible (1.3K)
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    Hercule Poirot investigates his first case when wealthy Emily Inglethorp dies mysteriously at her country estate. Hugh Fraser's narration introduces the Belgian detective's distinctive mannerisms with theatrical precision.

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    A Caribbean Mystery

    Miss Marple • Book 9

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Emilia Fox

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (54.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (53.4K) ★ 4.69 Audible (716)
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    Miss Marple's tropical vacation turns deadly when a fellow guest claims to have photographed a murderer, then winds up dead himself the next morning. Emilia Fox brings warmth to Christie's sun-soaked mystery.

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    [The Moving Finger] [by: Agatha Christie]

    Miss Marple • Book 3

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Richard E. Grant

    ★ 4.24 ABR Score (60.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.85 Goodreads (59.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (1.3K)
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    Poison-pen letters terrorize a quiet village until Miss Marple arrives to solve the case, with Richard E. Grant's performance adding extra intrigue.

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    The Body in the Library

    Miss Marple • Book 2

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Stephanie Cole

    ★ 4.23 ABR Score (131.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (130.4K) ★ 4.62 Audible (1.3K)
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    The respectable Bantrys wake to find a heavily made-up young woman dead in their library, prompting them to call Miss Marple in Stephanie Cole's crisp narration.

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    At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple • Book 10

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Stephanie Cole

    ★ 4.10 ABR Score (48.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.71 Goodreads (47.3K) ★ 4.57 Audible (981)
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    Cole perfectly embodies Miss Marple's deceptive frailty as she senses danger beneath a posh London hotel's impeccable Victorian service and traditional charm.

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    Murder Is Easy

    Superintendent Battle • Book 4

    by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Gemma Whelan

    ★ 4.02 ABR Score (33.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.77 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.54 Audible (357)
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