Audio

Discover audiobooks and full cast radio adaptations.

Not only did Agatha Christie write fascinating books, stage plays and poetry, but she also successfully tried her hand at radio plays. Her first radio play, Yellow Iris, was an adaptation of the short story under the same name that appeared in The Regatta Mystery. To commemorate the 80th birthday of Queen Mary in 1947, Christie wrote a radio play titled Three Blind Mice. Most of Agatha Christie’s novels have also been adapted into audiobooks.

Death on the Nile

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A new recording from Kenneth Branagh

In this famous Agatha Christie mystery, Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian adventure aboard a glamorous river steamer descends into a terrifying search for a murderer, with enough twists and turns to keep you unsettled and guessing until the final, shocking discovery. Kenneth Branagh reprises both his directorial role and that of the iconic detective in the upcoming film adaptation of Death on the Nile.

Murder in Paradise

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13 mysteries from the travels of Poirot

Escape from isolation and broaden your horizons with this audio collection of murder mysteries by Agatha Christie, read by David Suchet, television’s iconic Poirot for more than two decades. Train journeys through rolling countryside and cruises across the open ocean might sound exotic, but when murder strikes mid-journey, they’re anything but.

Murder is Easy

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A new recording from Gemma Whelan

Games of Thrones star Gemma Whelan reads Murder is Easy in this new, unabridged audiobook recording, released March 2020.

Murder Under the Sun

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13 summer mysteries by the Queen of Crime

Get away from it all with this selection of midsummer murders by Agatha Christie, read by television’s Captain Hastings, the actor and novelist Hugh Fraser! Summer. Holiday season. A time for rest and relaxation. But murder can strike anywhere, as this selection proves.

Murder on the Orient Express

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The classic novel read by Kenneth Branagh

Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery, recorded by the director and star of the 2017 film adaptation, Kenneth Branagh.

The Complete Short Stories

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Hercule Poirot: The Short Story Collection

Read by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through his many film and television appearances.

Did you know?

  1. In 1950 Agatha Christie published Three Blind Mice as a short story, before using it as the basis for the well-known stage play, The Mousetrap.

  2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was one of the first ever talking books for the blind.

  3. Murder in the Mews has previously gone unnoticed as it had been mislabelled as Murder in the Men’s.

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