Death on the Nile
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Death on the Nile
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Narrated by:
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David Suchet
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By:
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mystery, read by Hercule Poirot himself, David Suchet.
The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful. A girl who had everything… until she lost her life.
Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: ‘I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.’ Yet in this exotic setting nothing was ever quite what it seemed…
©1937 Agatha Christie Mallowan (P)1992 Chivers Press Ltd. This edition published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK, 2002Critic Reviews
“The construction is flawless” Daily Mail
“Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round.” The Times
“The main alibi is of the first brilliance … the descriptive work hits, as it were, the Nile on the head.” Observer
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- Katherine Cooper
- 08-07-2023
Narrator surprisingly not as good as usual
I've read more than a few audiobooks narrated by David Suchet. The direction and audio engineering of this audiobook was far lower than the usual standard.
The choice of voice for Colonel Race was appalling; giving him a lisp and a dumb nasal tone was insulting and showed no understanding of his backstory or character by the director. The voices given to the Egyptian natives were unnecessarily jarring and annoyingly piercing to the ear in such a usually low-volume audiobook.
I usually speed up audiobooks but I considered slowing this one down, some parts were so fast, sounding like it had been sped up rather than Suchet was reading quickly. The volume was low and inconsistent (no compression?) in many sections, I had to turn the volume up many times. I had to relisten to many sections to understand mumbling, softly spoken or muddy-sounding passages (and according to my last hearing test I've better than average hearing).
Great story of course, it's a classic. David Suchet is very talented. I'm so disappointed in the narration and sound quality choices though.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-05-2021
death on the nile
excellent book and reading. only slight issue was with characterisation of colonel races voice, was not quite suited to Christie's portrayal.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-12-2020
Loved it!
David Suchet’s reading of this classic is as good as it gets. His ability to transition between characters is incredible. And as a fan of his Poirot, it was a joy to hear the little Belgian detective’s voice again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-08-2021
A.Christie
This is my first audio book but have been a huge fan of Agatha Christie for decades.I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was wonderful to listen to while knitting. David Suchet was amazing as the narrator
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-06-2024
Good but old story made slightly more racist by the narrator
narration was awful for Egyptians and Race’s voice, nearly unlistenable in parts. story is good though
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-2022
classic
good listen. didn't realised I liked murder mysteries. just finished a nile cruise and enjoyed the references to the places I visited 😀
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- Anonymous User
- 11-07-2024
Perfect narration
Although I've read various incarnations of this story, the performance of David Suchet is second to none.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-07-2019
Not her best but always fun
This is not my favourite Poirot novel, it's a little too predictable for my liking but like with all of Christie's novels it comes alive anyway. Suchet is a lively strange receive whose characters are wonderfully distinct
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- Beanie
- 25-02-2021
I adore David Suchet
and LOVED hearing his Poirot and his narration, but I found some of the voices - particularly Colonel Race and Mrs Van Schuyler - to be really jarring, irritating and inconsistent.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-10-2021
Loved it
Loved it! The narrator is incredible! The story is super interesting and intriguing. I listened everything in one weekend.
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