The Case of The Perfect Maid by Agatha Christie

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  • čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
  • In the quaint village where Miss Marple resides, no secret stays buried for long, especially with the keen-eyed sleuth on the case. When the Skinner sisters dismiss their maid under suspicious circumstances of theft, they hope their troubles are over.
    Miss Marple, with her unparalleled understanding of human nature, is intrigued. Aided by the ever-dutiful Inspector Slack, she delves into a mystery where not everything-or everyone-is as it seems. From her own maid's unsettling revelations to the tangled domestic affairs of the Skinner household, Miss Marple finds herself in the midst of a puzzle that only her subtle mind can unravel.
    Originally published in 1942 and gracing the pages of the Strand Magazine and Chicago Sunday Tribune, this captivating tale titled "The Perfect Maid" was later featured in the renowned collections, Three Blind Mice and Other Stories and Miss Marple's Final Cases. Join literature's beloved detective as she uncovers the truth behind the façade of perfection and teaches that sometimes, the simplest of cases can reveal the most startling truths.
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    00:00:13 The Case of the Perfect Maid
    00:29:44 Commentary

Komentáře • 77

  • @martiwilliams4592
    @martiwilliams4592 Před 22 dny +21

    Really love this story! Adore everything about Agatha Christie and your amusing narration and commentary makes her extra special. Thank you!

  • @joanieann6179
    @joanieann6179 Před 12 dny +5

    Interesting twist. Agatha Christie never disappoints! Thank you Tony. ❤

  • @MaggieatPlay
    @MaggieatPlay Před 22 dny +8

    Thank you, Tony! Always good to have a story read before nap time.

  • @stardresser1
    @stardresser1 Před 22 dny +7

    An absolute sweet mid sized treat. Thank you!

  • @goldilocks913
    @goldilocks913 Před 11 dny +4

    Perfect length for a recuperating invalid, thank you!

  • @franken-pattern
    @franken-pattern Před 22 dny +5

    I really enjoyed this!! How wonderful to have an entire Walker Weekend 🎉

  • @shirleybewley6646
    @shirleybewley6646 Před 22 dny +6

    I really love your readings, even better than the other fellow.

  • @thurayya8905
    @thurayya8905 Před 22 dny +2

    Love Agatha Christie! Your narration is always a winner🏆.

  • @Lemmakinen
    @Lemmakinen Před 22 dny +6

    I Like this, good story!

  • @vickif.4645
    @vickif.4645 Před 22 dny +7

    Very nicely done! I love this story, which really highlights the shrewdness of Miss Marple. We have “stick candy” in the U.S., but I’ve never heard of having any names running through it. We also have “rock candy,” which is shaped more like crystals. Thank you for such a lovely break today ☺️

    • @classicdetective
      @classicdetective  Před 20 dny +1

      I am delighted how everyone is talking about this. apparently it’s candy cane but peppermint and it has names closing through it

  • @d.deckert6634
    @d.deckert6634 Před 20 dny +2

    It is good!!! 🤗. Keep going you are the only narrator that can clarify this beautiful story. Thank you!

  • @MarianneOrent
    @MarianneOrent Před 13 dny +1

    Well done Tony! Loved this story!

  • @ludovica8221
    @ludovica8221 Před 22 dny +6

    English Rock = US Candy Cane

  • @donnalubrano2856
    @donnalubrano2856 Před 17 dny +3

    Delightful

  • @trixie10199
    @trixie10199 Před 19 dny +2

    Wow, I loved this story ! I’m now a fan of your mystery channel!

  • @gisellebaptiste
    @gisellebaptiste Před 22 dny +1

    YES! Please do the series! I'd love to listen to you read and then comment on Agatha Christie. Agree with you about Emily too. I was focused on how annoying she was too. I really do love your work!

  • @er6730
    @er6730 Před 18 dny +2

    Thank you! I enjoyed this story. I think it's called a candy stick in my part of Canada.

  • @SunnySmile-fr5yg
    @SunnySmile-fr5yg Před 22 dny +3

    Superior! :)

  • @helenferullo5706
    @helenferullo5706 Před 11 dny +1

    Brilliant‼️

  • @joansavage1857
    @joansavage1857 Před 14 dny

    This was wonderful! Thank you..

  • @boum62
    @boum62 Před 17 dny

    Very well done. Great reading

  • @patsysmothermon7861
    @patsysmothermon7861 Před 18 dny +1

    Loved it ; but I Did Not Guess the ending ! I was Suprised !!😂😂

  • @TheNonoca
    @TheNonoca Před 3 dny +1

    Just found you and loved your reading. New subscriber here 😊

  • @rosalindabarrett7508
    @rosalindabarrett7508 Před 9 hodinami

    Very clever, miss marble.

  • @craigoliver8712
    @craigoliver8712 Před 19 dny +1

    Sugar dummies+aniseed rock,now i want some

  • @Wanda711
    @Wanda711 Před 20 dny +2

    I really like the way you read dialogue, even when the speaker is a woman. Do you know the short story, 'The Nine Mile Walk' by Harry Kemelman? It's a nice, intriguing little mystery, and it's almost all a dialogue between two men. I don't believe anyone has recorded it yet, and your voice would be perfect for the back and forth as the story is teased out.

    • @classicdetective
      @classicdetective  Před 20 dny

      I could do that. Would need to check copyright issues.

    • @Wanda711
      @Wanda711 Před 19 dny +1

      @@classicdetective That would be wonderful! I do hope it's available; it was written in the 1940s. I read it as a teenager, and I never forgot the creeping uneasiness as the conversation goes on, as more and more sinister possibilities start intruding upon the imagination.

  • @jackyflowers3493
    @jackyflowers3493 Před 14 dny +1

    Very much enjoyed 🤗✨🌛🦉🎶

  • @lakegirl239
    @lakegirl239 Před 20 dny +1

    What did the hosts expect? TOW’s reputation precedes her. Let this be a lesson to anyone considering hosting the tent a royals.

  • @hermanirishman4525
    @hermanirishman4525 Před 8 dny

    Thank you. Black screen would be very useful

  • @lisahoshowsky4251
    @lisahoshowsky4251 Před 18 dny

    I know of two similar candies to that one, the images or the words in it is similar to a candy maker I watch out of australia but they cut the pieces shorter instead of leaving them in a longer cane. Then, when I was a kid (early 2000’s) here in Ontario, Canada we have a chain bulk food store called Bulk Barn and they used to have tubs of straight cane shaped candy in a bunch of flavours and it was like 5 for $1 or something but they just had coloured swirls, no fancy sugarwork. I loved that candy though! This just reminded me that I don’t think they sell it anymore. Rock candy here is like big sugar crystals that have been grown on a wooden stick. I personally pictured a big round peppermint while the story was being read.

  • @lunablue745
    @lunablue745 Před 22 dny +3

    Hold on. Am I balmy, or wasnt this on last week??🥴

    • @MaggieatPlay
      @MaggieatPlay Před 22 dny +3

      Yes! One part of an Agatha Christie compilation of 5 stories that was posted about a week ago.

    • @lunablue745
      @lunablue745 Před 22 dny +3

      @@MaggieatPlay Oh! Thank you! I really got freaked out. 😄

    • @MaggieatPlay
      @MaggieatPlay Před 22 dny +2

      @@lunablue745 I was confused as well at first. Then, I checked the channel and found the compilation of stories. Then, I was okay.

    • @lunablue745
      @lunablue745 Před 22 dny +2

      @@MaggieatPlay See! That is what a smart person does! Me? I sit and question the validity of deja vu!😆

    • @MaggieatPlay
      @MaggieatPlay Před 22 dny +1

      @@lunablue745 Hahahaha!

  • @suebruce493
    @suebruce493 Před 18 dny

    The piano music in the background is beautiful. Who is it?

  • @patsysmothermon7861
    @patsysmothermon7861 Před 18 dny +1

    😂😂 NO Bird would want that nest. 😅😅

  • @kd9117
    @kd9117 Před 5 dny

    💕💕💕💕💕

  • @AliceJones-yc1kh
    @AliceJones-yc1kh Před 19 dny +1

    What the world has Gladie done now? Gladie might start looking for a rich man who could marry her and reach high society! 😅

  • @shirleybewley6646
    @shirleybewley6646 Před 22 dny

    Life Savers?

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 Před 22 dny

      candy cane

    • @vickif.4645
      @vickif.4645 Před 22 dny +1

      Not life savers. And candy canes are, of course, cane-shaped and are almost always flavored with peppermint. We have stick candy, which goes by other names.

    • @ludovica8221
      @ludovica8221 Před 22 dny +2

      @@vickif.4645 Rock is also normally peppermint flavour.. and cane shaped (without the hook)

    • @ainemoroney9965
      @ainemoroney9965 Před 22 dny +1

      Had to Google it myself 😅. Hard sweet, minty flavour.

  • @mattneillninasmom
    @mattneillninasmom Před 17 hodinami

    Too unbelievable. Didn't buy it.

  • @dawnbodger5979
    @dawnbodger5979 Před 10 dny

    Please don't talk so fast

  • @LucicPower
    @LucicPower Před 22 dny

    Too much Agatha 😭

    • @vickif.4645
      @vickif.4645 Před 22 dny +4

      I cannot imagine such a thing.

    • @Ghost_Bride
      @Ghost_Bride Před 22 dny +3

      No such thing. 🙂

    • @LucicPower
      @LucicPower Před 22 dny +1

      Just saying plenty of other authors, Rosemary Herbert, Ian Rankin, Mary Fortune, John Dickson Carr, Otto Penzler, Dorothy Sayers, Arthur Morrison, Stuart McBride etc..

    • @patsysmothermon7861
      @patsysmothermon7861 Před 18 dny

      Never Could Be Too Much !!❤

    • @LucicPower
      @LucicPower Před 18 dny

      @@patsysmothermon7861 who was miss marples stunt double in the TV show?