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Sad Cypress: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection)
Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, perfect companions set for a life of ease when they inherit Aunt Laura's considerable fortune. But a poison pen letter begins a chain of events which is to end in tragedy...Enter Hercule Poirot to investigate. John Moffatt stars as the great Belgian detective in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
Manufacturer: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Price Range: $17.20 - $26.85
 Sad Cypress: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection)
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| User Reviews |  | A Christie courtroom drama...
rating: 4
An Agatha Christie courtroom drama - this is the first book of hers I've read that takes place mainly in a courtroom. And there is NOT the usual dramatic scene where Poirot speaks to all the suspects and reveals the killer. That was a surprise. This is one of my favorites so far. Poirot is his usual self. There is a damsel in distress of course. But the plot has dramatic twists and complexities. I did have a hunch as to who the killer was, but did not know how or why. The love story is more developed than in other works, which I liked. The depth and complexity made me enjoy the story more and I could not put it down.
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My Favorite Christie
rating: 5
Of all the Agatha Christie books I've read, this is my very favorite. It is the most beautifully written of all her mysteries, and the story is tragic and beautiful. Elinor Carlisle is on trial for the murder of her deceased aunt's ward, Mary. She is the ideal suspect because she was in love with Roddy ? (forgot his last name) who fell in love with Mary when he met her, though he was engaged to Elinor. And Hercule Poirot is appointed by this doctor who loves Elinor to try and get Elinor not convicted. The end is truly surprising and there is pretty much NO WAY you can find out who the true killer is unless you look in the back of the book. The way Christie tells this story is just truly amazing. And the poem in the beginning by Shakespeare makes everything even better. I really can't describe this book with justice. It's just beautiful, truly tragic and beautiful. I cried.
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A Little Known Christie Classic!
rating: 5
This book is one of Christie's less well-known ones. I know that I had not read it until now, and I thought I had gotten through all of Agatha Christie's Poirot books. But it is a wonderful mystery story, and written in the true Christie fashion. There are more twists and turns in a seemingly simple murder case than a small country road. This book starts with the premise that only one person could possibly have killed the young girl, and Hercule Poirot is brought in to at the very least, not have the murderer's sentence extend to capital punishment. But in true Hercule Poirot fashion, he finds out that even though it looks like only one person could have done it, there were in fact more options than that. As I reread some of the Agatha Christie classics, I am overwhelmed by her craftsmanship. She is the true queen of crime, and no one has taken over that mantel yet.
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Decidedly a neglected classic; amongst Christie's best.
rating: 5
Sure, there is always Ten Little Indians (also the best!!!) and Cards on the Table. But this one is very neatly plotted that - as it was with every other Christie - you can never expect what will surface just as soon as you thought you had it all figured out. Here, although the great Dame herself claimed would not revert to using Freudian complexes, she used a few here, perhaps unintentionally. And when the end of book one, you can't help but thinking that only one person can commit the murder under those given circumstances. Read it!
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she did a good job...again
rating: 5
Before i read this book,little i know that this book could be a fast moving mystery book.the book is about a mystery surrounding one family of a poor woman who has been convicted with murder.but for the obvious reason(whodunnit),she is the most unlikely person to kill the victim...and the story goes on how hercule poirot investigates the murder to assist an innocent party....this book must be put on your upper shelf!!!
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