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    The Second Gong: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    The Second Gong: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    The Second Gong: A Hercule Poirot Short Story
    Audiobook52 minutes

    The Second Gong: A Hercule Poirot Short Story

    Written by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

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    Lytcham Close, one of the oldest stately homes in England, is owned by the last remaining heir and ruled by his intolerable whims. Old Hubert demands complete silence when he plays music and times dinner exactly by a resounding gong. Rushing down at the sound of the second—or is it the first?—gong, Joan Ashby is about to find out that not only is dinner delayed, but something is going on that no one can explain. Everyone is thrown into disarray when Old Hubert never materializes and instead a new guest is announced: Hercule Poirot himself. What unfolds is a mystery of lovers, and a death that is not as it appears.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateDec 26, 2012
    ISBN9780062257604
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    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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      Plot develops well with suspects, and inclinations for information gathering leading to violence and greed.