Everything Agatha Christie Podcast

Jane in Search of a Job

Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, when she sees an advert for a woman of her description is needed to impersonate a grand duchess she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline’s life, but this only serves to make the job appeal to her even more.

The Wife of the Kenite

Is there such a thing as chance? Coincidence? Luck, good or bad? Or does God dictate all things, or even the important ones? Herr Schaefer and Mrs. Henshel unexpectedly find themselves searching for answers on these matters in this horror story set in South Africa just after the Great War. It is believed to be one of her first short stories.

The Secret Adversary Part 1

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.
 
Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

The Secret Adversary Part 2

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.
 
Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

The Secret Adversary Part 3

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.
 
Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

The Secret Adversary Part 4

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.
 
Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

The Secret Adversary Part 5

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.
 
Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined.

The Incredible Theft

Self-made millionaire, Lord Charles Mayfield is throwing a house party, what better way to conceal the true nature of a meeting to discuss top-secret plans for a fighter plane, as well as catching out a spy in the process. But the plans are snatched and only Poirot can uncover the truth.

The Case of the Missing Will

Poirot assists a young woman in proving to her deceased uncle that her education was valuable. They must solve the puzzle of his will or else she will be left with no inheritance.

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

A perfect locked room mystery for Hercule Poirot: a dead man, alone in a locked apartment, beside an eaten dinner laid for three.

The Market Basing Mystery

Poirot and Hastings are called on to investigate the suspicious death of a landowner in a small English town. What looks at first like a simple case of suicide quickly becomes more complex as Poirot interrogates the suspects in the home.

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

When little Johnnie Waverly is kidnapped, there is only one man his parents trust with the case—the inimitable Hercule Poirot! Can he solve the matter when the police had such little luck? After all, the little boy was snatched from right under the nose of the police.

The Veiled Lady

Frustrated with a lack of challenging cases, Poirot is given an opportunity to flirt with the other side of the law. A young lady, soon to be married, is being blackmailed and pleads for his help.

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

The logic of the little grey cells take on one of Agatha Christie’s favorite themes, the powers of ancient Egypt, this time in the form of a curse on those who excavated a Pharaoh’s tomb.

The Chocolate Box

Hercule Poirot investigates a murder in which the only clue is a box of chocolates. This case took place in Brussels early in his career when he was a detective with the police force there, before the start of the Great War.

The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge

Belgian investigator Hercule Poirot, now London based, tasks his friend Arthur Hastings with solving a murder that is more like a riddle. It occurs at a hunting lodge. The owner has been murdered, and his nephew wants Poirot to investigate. But our favourite private detective has the flu so it’s Hastings or nobody!

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

A redhead at a party informs the guests that she has obtained a fabulous apartment at a ridiculously low rent. Poirot, however, smells a rat. He takes an apartment in the same building, and lies in wait. Will his suspicions prove well-founded?

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

A million dollars of bonds disappear from under a young man’s nose and now he’s being held accountable.
Philip Ridgeway is suspected of stealing over a million dollars in Liberty Bonds while they were being taken to America by ship. His fiance Esmee appeals to Hercule Poirot to assist him. As only three people had keys to the bond trunk surely it should be easy to solve? However as Philip is one and the general managers of the bank the other two, perhaps it won't be..

The Kidnapped Prime Minister

The national scandal of a kidnapped Prime Minister lands Poirot and Hastings in a spot of international espionage.
When the British Prime Minister and his secretary are kidnapped in France, Hercule Poirot is summoned. However, with only a day and a half to find them, even Poirot is tested to his limits.

The Seven Dials Mystery Part 1

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.
 
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words ‘Seven Dials’ were to take on a new and chilling significance.

The Seven Dials Mystery Part 2

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.
 
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words ‘Seven Dials’ were to take on a new and chilling significance.

The Seven Dials Mystery Part 3

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.
 
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words ‘Seven Dials’ were to take on a new and chilling significance.

The Seven Dials Mystery Part 4

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.
 
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words ‘Seven Dials’ were to take on a new and chilling significance.

The Seven Dials Mystery Part 5

Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with tragic consequences.
 
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words ‘Seven Dials’ were to take on a new and chilling significance.

The Secret of Chimneys Part 1

A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia.
 
The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles – until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret.