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A classic Christie story read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series.

Sir Stafford Nye’s journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt – a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her.

Yet their paths are to cross again and again – and each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person. Equally at home in any guise in any society she draws Sir Stafford into a game of political intrigue more dangerous than he could possibly imagine.

In an arena where no-one can be sure of anyone, Nye must do battle with a well-armed, well-financed, well-trained – and invisble – enemy…

 Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Political Psychological Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Urban Women's Fiction Detective Fiction England

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‘Marvellously entertaining’ Observer

‘It is not an impossible story – it is only a fantastic one’ Agatha Christie
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I didn't listen beyond the three - quarter mark. Never have I listened to anything so tedious. The actors performances were excellent, sadly they were let down by the story.

The Worst Agatha Christie story.

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I love Agatha Christie and have most of the audio books. High Fraser is a great narrator. But this book is tedious. I've tried listening twice but just can't keep any interest. The plot starts well, with a mystery lady who is a spy. But then meanders around being very waffly and long drawn out for an eternity. Got no idea if it comes together at the end. Seems to be about double and trip!e agents post the kim philby era. published 1970. Sad to say, not a classic!

Very tedious cold war espionage plot - i think

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A ridiculous story with a rushed, confusing and incomplete ending, beautifully narrated by the wonderful Hugh Fraser.

Preposterous but fun

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Agatha Christie story set in what I can make out to be near modern day just doesn't work for me. It started ok but I got lost fairly quickly as way to complicated

Too modern for an Agatha Christie story

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Without having checked that this title did not feature either Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple as the work's central figure, instead I found I enjoyed the book without either of the two aforementioned private or amateur detectives. The deliciously familiar voice of narrator, Hugh Fraser provided a link with Agatha Christie. The author demonstrates her immense versatility with this spy thriller. I can unreservedly recommend 'PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT'. From the start the book pulled me in and needed no fantastic gadgets or other escapology to aid the hero and heroine, not to help prop up the story. Christie's work certainly stands the test of time, and part of her genius lies in the pace and sense of anticipation that give her books the hypnotic power over almost countless millions of readers. I found the protagonists sympathetic, and interesting enough for my continued listening. It might have been the less than usual genre for Agatha Christie, or possibly the lack of swearing, fruity descriptions of dead bodies, or fantastic methods of killing that have become an expected feature in much contemporary work of this sort. but the plot is terrific and leaves the narrative flow unimpeded. It might, in a strange way, have worked in a counter-intuitive way, I am impervious to the bloody descriptions and flow of filthy language provided it is in context. Whatever the formula, Agatha Christie's 'Passenger to Frankfurt' is a delicious treat. I give the book full marks in every respect, story, narrator and a Christie weaving her usual magic allowing me a the treat of forgetting the world except the one in which this excellent plot unfolds.

GREAT BUCHAN TYPE SPY TALE FROM AGATHA CHRISTIE!

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