The witness for the prosecution and other stories
Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits -- including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton. A murder trial...
Main Author: | Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. |
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Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Unabridged. |
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Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
Summary: |
Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits -- including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton. A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the stand. . . . A woman's sixth sense -- and a loaded revolver -- signal premonitions of doom. . . . A stranded motorist seeks refuge in a remote mansion and is greeted with a dire warning. . . . Detective Hercule Poirot faces his greatest challenge when his services are enlisted -- by the victim -- in a bizarre locked-room murder. From the stunning title story (which inspired the classic film thriller) to the rarest gems in detective fiction, these eleven tales of baffling crime and brilliant deduction showcase Agatha Christie at her dazzling best. |
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (8 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time: |
07::3:9: |
Audience: |
Text Difficulty 3 720 |
ISBN: |
9780062243935 |
Author Notes: |
Noted for clever and surprising twists of plot, many of Christie's mysteries feature two unconventional fictional detectives named Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Poirot, in particular, plays the hero of many of her works, including the classic, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and Curtain (1975), one of her last works in which the famed detective dies. Over the years, her travels took her to the Middle East where she met noted English archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. They married in 1930. Christie accompanied Mallowan on annual expeditions to Iraq and Syria, which served as material for Murder in Mesopotamia (1930), Death on the Nile (1937), and Appointment with Death (1938). Christie's credits also include the plays, The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film 1957). Christie received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 1954-1955 for Witness. She was also named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. Christie died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) |