![]() ![]() It was a little like switching Darrens (or Beckys, depending on your generation) and that took me out of the story. I was really used to John Moffat in the role and as such, hearing Maurice Denham exercising his "little grey cells" was a little hard for me. There was one main difference in this dramatization from the majority (or even all) of the others available: Hercule Poirot is voiced by a different actor. It should keep you engaged all the way through without the annoying "Oh, it's obvious that guy did it and now I have to listen to 2 more hours of an unnecessary story" syndrome. As usual, there are suspects a-plenty, but every time you think you have the killer pegged, that's about the time a new prime suspect crops up. This book is unique in that where it has many elements of other Agatha Christie tales (ex: a murder on a train, a romance that may or may not be a good idea, Poirot's ambiguity on certain moral issues) it stands apart in how the story plays out. Some seem to follow a rather set pattern while others go along in a seemingly nonsensical way until -bam!- the solution appears. After listening to about 20 of them, I have noticed a few things. ![]() I have become addicted to the dramatized Poirot stories in the past year or so. ![]()
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