The Last Seance: Tales of the Supernatural
Written by Agatha Christie
Narrated by Fenella Woolgar
4/5
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About this audiobook
“Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.”—Tana French, New York Times Bestselling Author
From the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never before published in the USA, The Wife of Kenite!
For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat—be sure to keep the light on whilst reading these tales.
The Last Séance gathers twenty stories, some featuring Christie’s beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I hadn't read any of Christie's work previously so I thought it was high time I rectified this. As a big fan of horror and the eerie I thought this volume of creepy short stories might be a good place to start. Overall it was just an OK read for me. Many of the stories were a bit boring and I often didn't get the point they were trying to make. I did enjoy "The Dressmaker's Doll" and "The Lamp" but the others left me feeling unimpressed.
The narrator was excellent. She was really good at voicing everyone from Miss Marple to Poirot. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Always a great book. Can't wait for another adventure from Agatha Christie
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not for all but entertaining with humor to be taken seriously.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I really wanted to like this because, really, it's Agatha Christie, but I just thought it was okay.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agatha Christie is, for good reason, known as the Queen of Crime. However, it is less well known that she was interested in the paranormal. The Last Seance gathers together several of her paranormal tales guaranteed to give shivers to any reader. Like in any collection, I liked some stories better than others. One of my favourites is the titular tale in which a seance goes horribly wrong. But perhaps my favourite tale is The Dressmaker’s Doll. I mean, dolls are creepy on their own but Christie takes it to a whole ‘nother level of nightmare. Overall, a great collection, perfect for Halloween but I wouldn’t recommend reading it alone especially in the dark.Thanks to Edelweiss+ and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What is supposed to be a collection of Christie’s “tales of the supernatural” disappointingly turns out to be not what it promises. Despite a couple of outstanding creepy stories very few have any supernatural element, and too many feel like snippets of story ideas dusted off and given a quick ending for delivery to some magazine or other. I didn’t feel that Christie really cared for, or was invested in, any of the tales she’s telling here.