Evil Under the Sun
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
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Publisher Description
The classic Evil Under the Sun, one of the most famous of Agatha Christie’s Poirot investigations, has the fastidious sleuth on the trail of the killer of a sun-bronzed beauty whose death brings some rather shocking secrets into the light.
The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing…she had been strangled.
Ever since Arlena’s arrival the air had been thick with sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motive to kill her, including Arlena’s new husband. But Hercule Poirot suspects that this apparent “crime of passion” conceals something much more evil.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Everybody needs a holiday—even brilliant Belgian detectives. But Hercule Poirot’s escape to England’s sunny Devon coast is interrupted when a vivacious actress is murdered on the grounds of his exclusive hotel. In classic Agatha Christie style, Poirot’s “little grey cells” are put to the test by a colourful cast of potential suspects, each with their own motives, alibis, and secrets. One of Dame Agatha’s most effortlessly charming mysteries, 1941’s Evil Under the Sun kept us guessing until the very end.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Audio Reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version.FictionEVIL UNDER THE SUN: A Hercule Poirot MysteryAgatha Christie, read by David Suchet. AudioEditions, unabridged, six CDs, 6.5 hrs., Considered by many to be one of the very best Agatha Christie mysteries, this macabre tale has lost none of its crisp intrigue since it was first published in 1940. Using a plot formula that has since become a mystery standard, Christie conveniently gathers all the characters in one hard-to-leave location, in this case, the Jolly Roger, a vacation hotel on the southern coast of England. One of the guests, a gorgeous, dramatic flirt, is strangled to death, and the famous detective Hercule Poirot who happens to be vacationing at the Jolly Roger, too sets out to solve the case. Each of the well-developed characters is suspect, and listeners will constantly be changing their bets as to whodunit. British stage actor Suchet, who many know as the definitive Poirot from the Public Television Mystery! series was an obvious choice for the reader of this production, having won an Audie award for reading Christie's Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1997. Suchet gives an outstanding and highly entertaining performance, obviously taking great zeal in the task of fleshing out Christie's colorful lot of characters.
