Cards on the Table: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Audiobook

" I would've been overly critical of this audio book if Hugh Fraser had not been absolutely perfect. I have read the book, and it is one of my favorite Christie novels. This is also the first appearance of Ariadne Oliver, who appears to be Dame Agatha parodying herself. The characters are varied, as are their crimes. Fraser, who played Hastings on the "Poirot" TV series, is a top notch narrator, deftly portraying all the characters in the book. He really is the best Ariadne Oliver, too. "

" This book started off really intriguing but I got a little bored through most of it. The last 100 pages ended up having me unable to put it down as Poirot was close to telling us who did it........ "

" I am a HUGE fan of both Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot. This book is no exception. It was a great book, well written and the mystery, as usual, kept me puzzled until the end. My reason for the low stars really has nothing to do with the book and more to do with the fact that I know less than nothing about the game of Bridge, for which this story is loosely based around, considering the murder was committed during such a game. After researching the game on Wikipedia, I am interested in going back and reading the book again to see if the star rating can be increased. I'll update once I have. "

" thiz iz amazing novel "

" Fantastic. I love the pure psychological murder mystery here, and I only wish I actually knew bridge--I might have figured it out earlier! "

" This book was okay, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more if I were a bridge player. I was surprised by the ending though. Just when you think you know who the murderer is she pulls a fast one! Christie was one tricky broad! "

" I heart Agatha Christie! "

" This was a reread of an old favorite. I especially like this one because Agatha Christie's alter ego, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, is in it, and she has some very amusing dialogue. Also, I'd forgotten whodunit, so I was able to enjoy the suspense too. A fun read. "

" I was amazed to find an Agatha Christie book that I'd not read before! A novel premise for a murder mystery, I really enjoyed it. Granted I'm not the best person to give an objective view of Christie novels. "

" Really enjoyed this book. Such a great author! "

" Four expert sleuths are invited to dinner to meet four guests who had each gotten away with murder . . . "

" That was my firstest book by her! and definitely paved the long silky ways forward detective reading "

" I don't play Bridge, so i think i missed a lot of the subtleties in this book, but oh well. It more than made up for it with plenty of arrogant and adorable Poirot. And the characters were well done, and on occasion hilarious. The set up was simple, and the reveal full of twists. "

" An interesting premise and a good read. Four detectives and four "murderers" invited to a night of bridge. My favorite character was Mrs. Oliver, the famous mystery write, an obvious and hilarious goof on Mrs. Christie. "

" The book focused on the game of bridge which I knew nothing about. Aside from that I enjoyed it. "

" A marvellous audio presentation of this great piece of an Hercule story. "

" I started reading the Hercule Poirot mysteries after I had finished most of the others and I think that this is my favourite. "

" Hard to follow if you don't know how to play Bridge. Still not a bad story "

" This book stumped me until the very literal last page. I loved that about this book. Loved, loved, loved it. "

" I may be a traitor to my own nationality but there is something increasingly frustrating about the britishness of these books its almost like me brits are incabable in the 1930s of expressing gennuine emotion it is shocking really darling!!! "

" I had read this when in my teenage time. "

" A little overly twisty... but fun indeed. "

" Double, double, triple plot loops! Whodunit? You'll have to read to the end. "

" This was a very good mystery. It really kept me guessing! "

" I liked the original red herring - having Mrs. Oliver guess the murderer right away and then discredit her throughout the book by making her a sort of a cartoonish character. "

" A mental puzzle if I've ever read one, but palatable enough to be entertaining. Vintage Christie. "

" Wonderful and ingenious. One of Christie's cleverest and best. Classic locked room mystery. "

" Only 4 potential murderers and I was still at a loss. "

" This book stumped me until the very literal last page. I loved that about this book. Loved, loved, loved it. "

" I love Agatha Christie. She rocks. "

" Keeps you guessing; Christie is able to make all of the characters plausible murderers, so that it is impossible to tell whodunnit until the very end. Very crafty writing. "