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Narrated by:
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Hugh Fraser
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
A new ‘Christie for Christmas’ – a full-length novel adapted from her acclaimed play by Charles Osborne. Following Black Coffee and The Unexpected Guest comes the final Agatha Christie play novelisation, bringing her superb storytelling to a new legion of fans.
Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. ‘Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?’ she muses.
Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband comes home with an important foreign politician, Clarissa persuades her three house guests to become accessories and accomplices. It seems that the murdered man was not unknown to certain members of the house party (but which ones?), and the search begins for the murderer and the motive, while at the same time trying to persuade a police inspector that there has been no murder at all…
‘Spider’s Web’ was written in 1954 specifically for Margaret Lockwood and opened first at the Theatre Royal Nottingham before moving to the Savoy Theatre in London on 14 December 1954. A film was made in 1960, and it is currently under option for a possible feature film within the next two years.
©2000 Agatha Christie Limited, a Chorion Company. All rights reserved (P)2000 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UKListeners also enjoyed...
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- Vanessa
- 18-03-17
fab story
It was so good i went and saw the stage play at the mill in sonning
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- BEE
- 05-05-20
Excellent!
Full of unexpected twists and turns, brilliantly read - totally delightful and enjoyable. Highly recommended by BEE.
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- kat
- 20-05-20
Brilliant
This is a brilliant agatha christie story, a bit different to the majority, and it really keeps you guessing.
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- Fred
- 30-04-16
Spider's Web
Hugh Fraser as brilliant as always. A good tale, undertones of another book (as well as a variation on a previous Agatha Christie) but still very easy to read (listen!) and lots of twists and turns. Enjoyable listening, very nice read.
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- Richie 48
- 31-05-19
classic farce with a twist
started out like an onstage comedy farce but got better and better. the ending was just brilliant. delightful yarn
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- s s.
- 21-08-22
Great story
loved it, it kept me guessing right upto the end. Nice to hear Hugh Fraser reading as well.
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- Jennifer Chennell
- 29-01-20
its a farce
Quite literally its a farce, so if your expecting one of Agathas more sophisticated plots then don't. How ever if you need a book that isnt going to tax your brain but is instead a rip roaring bit of fun then look no further.
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- Shopaholic
- 02-05-15
Spiders Web
Agatha Christie did it again. I hadn't heard of this book either but I took a chance on it.
Hugh Fraser narrated it very well al and you could actually picture the scenes.
The book was enjoyable and intriguing with different possible outcomes. I have throughly enjoyed listening to it and I cannot wait to start another one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-08-23
A hidden gem for cosier crime lovers
This isn't a book, it's adapted from Christie's 1954 play, so you don't get all the detailed character descriptions that make her novels so rich and engaging. However, Hugh Fraser's narration brings the play to life brilliantly.
This will appeal to listeners who prefer the cosier crime side of Christie's canon, or like me, are hungrily devouring everything she ever wrote from the best psychological thrillers to spy capers as well as classic Christie. (Whilst sadly avoiding the Miss Marple books and anything else narrated by Emilia Fox). It amazes me that one of the worlds best selling authors doesn't have a choice of more narrators on Amazon when I'm sure the recordings exist! Anyway, sit back, imagine the curtain opening to show a typical Manor House sitting room and enjoy!
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- Ms
- 07-09-18
Typical Christie
If you enjoy a classic Christie, then you will enjoy this. Keeps you guessing until the end.
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