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    Spider’s Web

    Written by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

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    A new ‘Christie for Christmas’ – a full-length novel adapted from her acclaimed play by Charles Osborne. Following Black Coffee and The Unexpected Guest comes the final Agatha Christie play novelisation, bringing her superb storytelling to a new legion of fans.

    Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. ‘Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?’ she muses.

    Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband comes home with an important foreign politician, Clarissa persuades her three house guests to become accessories and accomplices. It seems that the murdered man was not unknown to certain members of the house party (but which ones?), and the search begins for the murderer and the motive, while at the same time trying to persuade a police inspector that there has been no murder at all…

    ‘Spider’s Web’ was written in 1954 specifically for Margaret Lockwood and opened first at the Theatre Royal Nottingham before moving to the Savoy Theatre in London on 14 December 1954. A film was made in 1960, and it is currently under option for a possible feature film within the next two years.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 5, 2007
    ISBN9780007257386
    Author

    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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    • 5/5
      Very clever story, and brilliantly read. You end up suspecting almost everyone! Love the different
      accents
    • 4/5
      Christie schrieb nicht nur Romane, sondern widmete ihr Talent auch dem Schreiben von Bühnenstücken. Dies ist nun eins davon, umgeschrieben zu einem Roman von Charles Osborne.Clarissa Hailsham-Brown ist Gattin eines Diplomaten und nebenbei auch eine findige Geschichtenerzählerin. Ihre Fantasie ist so weitumfassend, dass es für ihre Freunde oftmals nicht genau klar wird, wann Clarissa die Wahrheit erzählt. Eines Tages findet die Hausherrin eine Leiche im Wohnzimmer. Da diese zufällig der Ehegatte der Exfrau ihres eigenen Mannes ist, muss er verschwinden. Doch zeitgleich steht ein Inspektor und sein Gehilfe vor der Tür.Deutlich ist es dem Buch anzumerken, dass es ursprünglich für die Bühne geschrieben worden ist. Es ist nicht ganz Christies Redensart und ihr Stil, der aus dem Buch spricht. Die eigene Note Charles Osborne ist spürbar. Nichtsdestotrotz spiegelt die Geschichte eine typische Christie wieder:Ein Herrenhaus, eine Leiche, ein begrenzter Kreis von Verdächtigen. Das einzige, das fehlt, ist ein scharfsinniger Detektiv.Die Charaktere sind bunt gemischt. Clarissa als eine Art Hauptfigur ist ein bisschen sehr verspielt, was ihre Lügenmärchen und Streiche angeht. Sie ist wie ein kleines Mädchen, das zu seinem Patenonkel Roly, der zufälligerweise an diesem Abend auch im Haus ist, hinaufschaut und sich von ihm beschützen lässt. Das Buch lebt von dem Motte: Wer einmal lügt, dem glaubt man nicht. Und so ist es auch für den Inspektor schwer, Clarissa Lügen von den Wahrheiten zu unterscheiden.Eine überraschende Wendung in der Zeichnung der Figuren darf natürlich auch nicht fehlen. Man fühlt sich wohl, denn Christie erfüllt die inneren Erwartungen des Leser, auf genau solche Wendungen.Trotz der etwas anderen Art und Weise im Schreibstil, bleibt IM SPINNENNETZ eine interessante, wenn auch vorhersehbare Kriminalgeschichte.
    • 1/5
      The reader was good; the story was weak! Not worth the four hours' listening time.
    • 3/5
      What a quick read this was! Also, I never suspected who the killer was. I haven't read enough Christie to know if the play-to-novel adaptations are not as good as her original novels.
    • 3/5
      This is a novelization of one of Christie's plays. Clarissa Halisham-Brown, a diplomat's wife, finds a body in her parlor while waiting for her husband to return home with an important diplomatic guest. Her efforts to hide the murder and save her husband's career become increasingly more complicated. The body is the focal point of Clarissa's efforts, and her attempts to hide it are increasingly more difficult to execute. As the story progresses, Clarissa traps herself in a web of lies. It is fully evident that this story was originally a play. All of the action takes place in one room, requiring only one set. There is no change of scenery, and only limited characters. It is less satisfying than Christie's novels. Those new to Christie's work should start with her novels. This is for the Christie fan.
    • 4/5
      This book is classic Christie. It's a good old fashioned who-dunnit! When a body is discovered in the house of a dignitary and his young wife, can they figure out who murdered the man before the police drag them in? It is full of twists and turns and lies and surprises. It is a fast, fun read! I recommend this to any mystery lover.