Appointment with Death (audio novel; mini-review)

 Appointment with Death (1938; audio novel 2001) by Agatha Christie
  ~audio novel read by Hugh Fraser

I listened to the HarperAudio version of Christie's book while traveling to and from my parents' house this past week. When taking audio novels along for road trips, I prefer to listen to stories I've previously read so that it won't matter if I miss a few details while concentrating on the traffic. Since I have already reviewed Appointment with Death here on the blog, I won't go into detail about the plot or my reaction to the story. Those interested in those details may find them at the link connected to the title.

The audio novel, which is read by Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings on television, is superb. Fraser is excellent at capturing the voices of each character and, amazingly, was able to give distinction between Poirot's Belgian accent and Dr. Gerard's French. I thoroughly enjoyed the audio experience--listening to "Captain Hastings" recount the adventures in Petra made the miles fly by. Given how much I enjoyed Fraser's performance, I'm going to bump up the rating for this experience of the book to ★★★★ stars instead of the three previously awarded for the novel alone.

First line: "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?"

Last lines: "She didn't get what she wanted out of life. It must have been tough for her."
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Deaths = 3 (one natural; one poisoned; one shot)

Finished on 7/11/25