Third Girl

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

In this breathtaking Agatha Christie mystery, the Third Girl sharing a London flat with two others announces to Hercule Poirot that she’s a murderer and then disappears. The masterful investigator must figure out whether the missing girl is a criminal, a victim, or merely insane.

Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast confessing that she is a murderer—and then promptly disappears.

Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane.…

Need I say more?!

OK OK, I must admit, somewhat slow at first. however, it being Hercule Poirot, I knew it would be great. and it was.

A Man Reading An Authoress' Words

Would you consider the audio edition of Third Girl to be better than the print version?

When a man reads the main character of a book authored by a woman it changes the tonality of the story and the character of the males.
The authoress does no speak with a man's voice. I don't mean the pitch but the thought process, social influences etc. and points of view that effect how women look at he world and how men look at the world..
I say that having read many if not most of Christie's books and I see, as a woman, a very different character for her male leads than the male readers portray.

That and just the fact that women are not reading male authors and given the male leads a woman's interpretation. It would change the character.

What three words best describe Hugh Fraser’s voice?

It likely doesn't interpret the characters anything like Agatha Christie would sound reading her characters.
Male read women characters as very stereotyped. Not like real people.

Another great Christie Mystery

While being slightly different from the Suchet adaptation it was thrilling to puzzle out the end with characters I enjoyed from the adaptation.

Love Hugh Fraser!

Fraser makes Hercules completely believable and alive! He’s my pick to be Christie one an d only. I would have preferred him for the new Marple collection.

Great twists in this one!

Thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved Hugh Fraser! Highly recommend this Agatha Christie book! Poirot is such a doll!