Agatha Christie’s Poirot; The ABC murders
Audiobook
Part of BBC Dramatization with John Moffat as Poirot and a whole list of actors playing the different roles!
Running length around 1 hour
No spoilers here but I am sure many would have already read this classic and if you have not then lucky you! You get to experience Agatha’s witting and Poirot’s charm for the first time!
First of a set of 8 of Poirot’s finest stories!
As far as Agatha is concerned, I would have read almost all of her novels especially the ones with Poirot and my most favorite would always be Murder on the Orient express simply because it was an epic novel! A close second would be Curtain; Poirot’s last case.
After listening to another classic novel; To Kill a Mockingbird; I have got this strange urge to revisit all the novels I have read which are classics now in the viewpoint of an adult and not a teenager or young man!
This is the second step in that journey! Sometimes a new song is just the remix version of the old one so might as well check out the original!
Now the ABC murders are about a supposed serial killer who kills according to the letters of he alphabet and of course starts with A! After every kill he (or she!) leaves a book of ABC and moves on!
It is a virtual race against time and somehow Poirot reminds me of Lincoln Rhyme; the one who only needs his mind!
My favorite scene is when Captain Hastings (like John Watson!) asks Poirot (like Sherlock Holmes!) about the murderer after the latter inspects the first scene of the crime!
Poirot states, “he has this height and this weight with a patch in the eye and a limp when he walks!”
When everyone shockingly look at him
He adds with a twinkle, “I am not Sherlock Holmes!”
A hilarious dig from one legend to another!
The diction and narration is spot on and you can just visualize the inspectors and the other actors playing the part beautifully. It really helps if you have read the book before but I guess if you keep the speed of narration as normal then if concentrate then you can understand the story.
Since it is a whodunit it is difficult to not introduce everyone at least once so it may lose the charm sometimes and the revelation may not be as thrilling as reading it though it is quite dramatic!
Nevertheless, it is a classic and a classic narration which you can listen any day!
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