Cat Among the Pigeons (Agatha Christie Collection)

Name: Cat Among the Pigeons (Agatha Christie Collection)
Rating: 4.26 (52356 reviews)
Author: Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot • Book 33

by Agatha Christie

Narrated by Hugh Fraser

4.26 ABR Score (52.4K ratings)

★ 3.87 Goodreads (51.6K) ★ 4.71 Audible (746)

6h 45m Released 2012 Mystery

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Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Hugh Fraser narrating Poirot is the audio equivalent of casting Captain Hastings to tell you how his boss cracked the case — and it works perfectly.

Great if you want: a Christie that starts exotic and lands in cozy English murder
Listening experience: brisk and pleasantly twisty — Poirot arrives fashionably late
Narration: Fraser brings insider warmth; he lived this world on screen
Skip if: you dislike Poirot appearing only in the final third

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About This Audiobook

Meadowbank School for girls is an institution of impeccable reputation, but behind its manicured grounds and proper routines, something has gone badly wrong. A teacher is murdered in the sports pavilion, and the crime is entangled with a missing cache of jewels smuggled out of a Middle Eastern kingdom on the eve of a coup. Hercule Poirot enters the case only in its later stages, called in when the body count has already risen and the small world of the school has been irreversibly disturbed.

Hugh Fraser brings the Poirot tradition to life with the authority of a performer who has inhabited the adjacent world of Hastings for decades, giving the narrative a measured period precision. His voice suits Christie's late-career plotting, which distributes clues widely among an ensemble cast before drawing the threads together with characteristic elegance. The compact runtime of under seven hours fits the puzzle-box structure perfectly, making this an ideal listen for an afternoon.