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Margolyes, Steadman and Andoh among star-studded cast recording new Marple stories
Miriam Margolyes, Alison Steadman and Adjoa Andoh are among the star-studded cast reading stories for the audiobook of Marple, written by 12 bestselling Agatha Christie devotees.
The audiobook takes Christie’s iconic female detective on a crime-solving spree that transports her from her quiet village of St Mary Mead to the bustling streets of New York, to the sun-soaked Italian riviera and beyond. It will be published by HarperCollins on 15th September, Christie’s birthday.
The Marple mysteries, the first since Christie’s final tale in 1945, have been written by 12 authors including Kate Mosse, Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths. The print version of the collection will be published simultaneously in the US and UK in September 2022.
James Prichard, c.e.o. of Agatha Christie Limited and Agatha Christie’s great-grandson, said: “This is a very special project and this is a very special part of that project. The different voices that will tell these different stories only emphasises the variety and breadth within the collection. Audio is often an added extra for a book. This is more than that.”
Fionnuala Barrett, HarperCollins’ audio publishing director, added: “It’s been a pleasure to assemble and work with such an accomplished cast on this exceptional collection of new Marple stories. Each narrator breathes so much life into their respective tale, playing to the strengths of each scenario and cast of characters. The performances are wonderful.”
The full cast, in the order the stories appear in the book, is:
- Alex Kingston reads "Evil in Small Places" by Lucy Foley
- Adrian Scarborough reads "The Second Murder at the Vicarage" by Val McDermid
- Adjoa Andoh reads "Miss Marple Takes Manhattan" by Alyssa Cole
- Imogen Stubbs reads "The Unravelling" by Natalie Haynes
- Alison Steadman reads "Miss Marple’s Christmas" by Ruth Ware
- Jodhi May reads "The Open Mind" by Naomi Alderman
- Chipo Chung reads "The Jade Empress" by Jean Kwok
- Cathy Tyson reads "A Deadly Wedding Day" by Dreda Say Mitchell
- Ramon Tikaram reads "Murder at the Villa Rosa" by Elly Griffiths
- Tanya Reynolds reads "The Murdering Sort" by Karen M McManus
- Celia Imrie reads "The Mystery of the Acid Soil" by Kate Mosse
- Miriam Margolyes reads "The Disappearance" by Leigh Bardugo
