Alison Larkin Presents: The Secret Adversary, Murder on the Links, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Alison Larkin, James Warwick

Three critically acclaimed recordings are joined together in this dazzling Agatha Christie Triple Bill, read by award-winning narrators Alison Larkin and James Warwick, star of the Partners in Crime TV series on Masterpiece Theater.

The Secret Adversary
Just after WW1, Tommy and Tuppence set up “Young Adventurers Ltd.” and are soon caught up in a devilish plot to destroy the British establishment.

"Larkin is an excellent choice to narrate this delightful classic...her reading is champagne bubbly and engaging throughout...a jaunty, jolly good listen." (Publisher’s Weekly)

Murder on the Links
Hercule Poirot travels to France in response to a cry for help, only to find his client stabbed to death on a golf course. Then another murder follows....

”Warwick’s characterization of Poirot is spot-on.”(AudioFile magazine)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Poirot is recruited by Captain Hastings to find out if the death of Emily Inglethorpe’s much younger husband was an accident - or murder.

“This classic whodunnit is brought to life with style by narrator James Warwick....” (AudioFile magazine)

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Critic reviews

“This classic whodunnit is brought to life with style by narrator James Warwick...” (AudioFile Magazine)

”Warwick’s characterization of Poirot is spot-on.”(AudioFile Magazine)

excellent everything, but complicated story

love the entire book, but the mysterious Affair at Styles was tough to follow, just not use to listening to such a complicated story

Great voice actors

Both the voice actors were superb. They made it easy to distinguish the characters so it was very comfortable to listen.

The Secret Adversary is good, but not the Poirot

Alison Larkin does a great job narrating The Secret Adversary. The narration of the Poirot stories just can't compare with the great versions narrated by Hugh Fraser and David Suchet.

Hard No, Not for the Story but Unlistenable Voice of Reader!

I only tried to listen to the first of the three stories. This actor’s voice is so funny high, even slowing down the speed, it’s just so screechy. And when she’s doing a male voice, it absolutely doesn’t work. If the next two stories are the same reader, I won’t get to hear them.

Is it me? Or is it Memorex?

I’ve been an Agatha Christie fan since I saw one of her books lying on an ottoman in my best friend’s den. Her mother was reading it and had left it to be readily picked up later. I was intrigued. Over the years I’ve collected her books and now I’m enjoying them again through recordings. What I did not enjoy about this selection of three was the narrator’s interpretation of Poirot’s Belgian accent. It was labored, slow, heavy, and difficult to understand. I very nearly shouted, “Hallelujah!”, when at last all three books came to an end. I don’t want to pick on John Warwick, but it is what it is. I thought he did a good job on Arthur Hastings.