#Agatha christie partners in crime series
Hugh Fraser performs the hands-down best “fake” American or Canadian accent which I have encountered in any UK mystery audiobook or tv show!!! :-) :-) :-) The American characters ACTUALLY sound American! Neil Dudgeon’s “Jack” in the Cherringham series is the 2nd best “fake” American or Canadian accent :-) It’s just that Mr. Bravo!!!ĭid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?ĮXCELLENT narration of classic, 1920s tales His portrayal of Tommy and Tuppence is spot-on to how I imagined them. Hugh Fraser is one of my most favorite performers in audio books! He has such a wonderfully wide range of characters and has a great understanding of the books he reads. What does Hugh Fraser bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? She has some hair rained schemes sometimes, and usually outwits quite a few people.
She is usually very blunt and brilliant, and she really loves Tommy but won't say it often. I really can't determine where, but it is definitely one of my favorites! I love these characters and they really are my favorite of the Christie detectives. Where does Partners in Crime rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? The recording itself gets a little creaky in spots, too, with a sibilance and crackle that no filter on my phone could dampen.Īn Ingenious, Hilarious Performance & Story A little shaky on distinguishing Tommy’s lines from Tuppence’s, he handles everything and everyone else with an effortless skill that’s a treat to listen to. While the enjoyment runs a little deeper if one knows the author being parodied, the parody is so obvious-for every case, Tommy and Tuppance freely discuss which fictional sleuth they want to emulate-that lack of familiarity with, say, Edgar Wallace, is no impediment to laughter. Finally, there are the masters who still enjoy wider name recognition: Conan Doyle, G. Others, like Freeman Wills Crofts and Anthony Berkeley, have been revived of late through superb recordings from Soundings, Detective Club Crime Classics and HarperCollins’s growing “Bodies from the Library” series. Wodehouse’s publisher, while The Scarlet Pimpernel overshadows the Baroness Orczy’s criminal output. True, Herbert George Jenkins is remembered now as P.
Beyond the playful banter between our two heroes, each yarn is also a good natured parody of a popular crime writer of the time. Lucky for us after all, Robert Frost’s dictum, “no tears in the writer, no tears in the reader” is just as true when we’re talking about laughter. And it’s obvious that that’s exactly what Christie was doing here. The Golden Age of Crime Fiction was about more than little-known Asiatic poisons and how long it takes parsley to settle in the butter dish. But then, I suspect that expectation misses the point of this collection. So, if I can figure out the broad general outline of a crime before Tommy or Tuppence have a clue, these stories can’t be the puzzlers one might expect from the Queen of Mystery. My ingrained obtuseness when confronted with bodies in libraries is well-established. With whodunits, my wife usually has the killer tagged well before the detective reveals all in the drawing room, while I’m happy to wait until all the suspects have found their seats there. The Lighter Side of Murder, Theft & Counterfeiting
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