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"""If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him."" In The Big Four, Hercule Poirot investigates a string of murders that appear to be disconnected on the surface, but Agatha Christie's Belgian detective sees the only tiny detail that links them all together. For some obscure reason that Poirot is determined to uncover, the number four keeps popping up with every killing. Poirot soon learns that there is in fact an international crime gang dubbed ""The Big Four,"" and he sets off after them. With Hastings once again at his side, Monsieur Poirot travels all over Europe to find them, but the pair are always seem to be a step behind this shadowy syndicate. This audiobook features the original twelve linked stories as they first appeared in The Sketch periodical, before Christie re-worked them with her brother-in-law to create the novel, The Big Four. Originally titled The Man Who Was Number Four: Further of Adventures of M. Poirot, this collection not only sees the return of Hastings and Inspector Japp, but it also introduced to the world Achille Poirot, the identical twin of Hercule Poirot himself! Featuring original advertisements from The Sketch, and an introduction by Gabrielle de Cuir. Full Contents: ""The Unexpected Guest"" ""The Adventure of the Dartmoor Bungalow"" ""The Lady on the Stairs"" ""The Radium Thieves"" ""In the House of the Enemy"" ""The Yellow Jasmine Mystery"" ""The Chess Problem"" ""The Baited Trap"" ""The Adventures of the Peroxide Blonde"" ""The Terrible Catastrophe"" ""The Dying Chinaman"" ""The Crag in the Dolomites"""

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"""John Rubinstein perfectly delivers the French accent of the great Belgian detective and the classic British voice of the good-hearted, naïve Captain Hastings. The story reads more like a spy thriller than a typical Christie...As was the case in The Sketch, there are commercials. These are artfully presented by Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki...The production entertains and is professionally done."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""It is always a delight to meet Hercule Poirot again. He is one of the few detectives with real charm."" -- ""Dorothy L. Sayers, New York Times bestselling mystery author"" ""This outing thrusts Poirot into one of Christie's most outlandish and melodramatic adventures...With its over-the-top premise and international cast of villains...it is certainly one of her most entertaining."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

"""It is always a delight to meet Hercule Poirot again. He is one of the few detectives with real charm."" -- ""Dorothy L. Sayers, New York Times bestselling mystery author"" ""This outing thrusts Poirot into one of Christie's most outlandish and melodramatic adventures...With its over-the-top premise and international cast of villains...it is certainly one of her most entertaining."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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"Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a British crime writer best known for her detective novels and short stories. According to Guinness World Records, she is the bestselling novelist of all time, her novels having sold over two billion copies and having been translated into more than one hundred languages. The Agatha Award for best mystery and crime writers was named in her honor. Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her ""velvet touch"" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities. Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her ""velvet touch"" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities. John Rubinstein is an actor, composer, and director who won a Tony Award for his starring role in Broadway's Children of a Lesser God. He has narrated dozens of audiobooks, earning several AudioFile Earphones Awards and being named a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2013. Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012."

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