Passenger To Frankfurt
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Summary
A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen… Sir Stafford Nye’s journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt – a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her。
Yet their paths are to cross again and again – and each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person。 Equally at home in any guise in any society she draws Sir Stafford into a game of political intrigue more dangerous than he could possibly imagine。
In an arena where no-one can be sure of anyone， Nye must do battle with a well-armed， well-financed， well-trained – and invisble – enemy…
Yet their paths are to cross again and again – and each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person。 Equally at home in any guise in any society she draws Sir Stafford into a game of political intrigue more dangerous than he could possibly imagine。
In an arena where no-one can be sure of anyone， Nye must do battle with a well-armed， well-financed， well-trained – and invisble – enemy…
Reviews
Stef
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The worst Christie book I’ve read so far。 It seems more like a draft than an actual finished story。 Some bits are entertaining， but everything is very random and the ending is not really an ending where things are tied up or explained， it simply stops in a random way。
Gayatri Iyer
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Before I began reading， the rating had me wondering how this book could be rated so low; when I read it， I could understand why。 I couldn't believe it was written by Agatha Christie。 The 6 pages of introduction was better than the entire plot put together。 There is a lot of politics， talk of anarchy， factions who work together， but nothing seemed to be well explained even by the end of the book， which is atypical of Ms。 Christie。 It was vaguely reminiscent of The Big Four， of which I only rememb Before I began reading， the rating had me wondering how this book could be rated so low; when I read it， I could understand why。 I couldn't believe it was written by Agatha Christie。 The 6 pages of introduction was better than the entire plot put together。 There is a lot of politics， talk of anarchy， factions who work together， but nothing seemed to be well explained even by the end of the book， which is atypical of Ms。 Christie。 It was vaguely reminiscent of The Big Four， of which I only remember one too many political intrigues。 I was sorely tempted to abandon Passenger to Frankfurt halfway， but I felt there must be something to redeem it - I was disappointed。 The starting， where Stafford Nye decides to give his passport to an unknown woman on a whim was the only part of the entire book that I genuinely liked。 。。。more
Janet
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The story was proceeding ok and then so many new characters got introduced that I lost all track of the plot。 I think this one was printed at the end of Agatha’s career。
JJ McButter
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Honestly the worst Agatha Christie book I’ve read yet。 The plot made no sense to me， and felt very odd。 The main character disappears with no mention for large portions of the book。 It’s hard to pick a favorite character because I lost track of who was who during the whole story 🤦🏼♀️。 I kept expecting things to come back together， they would briefly and then I’d get lost again。
Ragnhild
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One of the weakest books Agatha Christie ever wrote。A mess that starts out as a moderately well written thriller， and the runs out in the sand and into God knows what。
Mars R
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Agatha Christie at her most racist， paranoid， and misanthropic。
Brimm
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Definitely。。。 not Christie's best。 Definitely。。。 not Christie's best。 。。。more
Doaa Ali
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رواية مملة جداً على غيرعادة أغاثا كريستي
Christopher Day
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This is one of the very worst books I have ever read。 Agatha Christie seems to have despised the ‘swinging sixties’ and used this story of anarchist Nazis （yes， anarchist Nazis） to vent her numerous complaints with that decade。 She has stretched the cliched refrains of ‘kids these days …’ and ‘things were much better in my day’ into a story that is entirely implausible from start to finish。 The dialogue is implausible too – I laughed out loud more than once at the ridiculousness of some conversa This is one of the very worst books I have ever read。 Agatha Christie seems to have despised the ‘swinging sixties’ and used this story of anarchist Nazis （yes， anarchist Nazis） to vent her numerous complaints with that decade。 She has stretched the cliched refrains of ‘kids these days …’ and ‘things were much better in my day’ into a story that is entirely implausible from start to finish。 The dialogue is implausible too – I laughed out loud more than once at the ridiculousness of some conversations – and no sane person would ever make many of the decisions that the poorly drawn characters in this novel make。 In the first half the plot is， at least， seemingly clear but it disintegrates into a tangle of disjointed， half-baked narrative threads that are riddled with vague conspiracy theory-esque events。 There’s also no tension， no mystery， and no real ending。 I’m going to try and expunge the knowledge of this abomination of a book from my memory so that it doesn’t taint my love for Christie’s other novels。 。。。more
Margaret
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One of Agatha's espionage thrillers。 The beginning had so much promise but it then kind of deteriorates into a tangled mess。 It probably didn't help that I was listening to the audio book which made it difficult to keep all the politicians and military men straight。 Plus， there was no way to "flip back" and look them up like if I had been reading the book。 It was interesting to see what some of the political concerns were in the 60s especially in light of the resurgence of white supremacy today One of Agatha's espionage thrillers。 The beginning had so much promise but it then kind of deteriorates into a tangled mess。 It probably didn't help that I was listening to the audio book which made it difficult to keep all the politicians and military men straight。 Plus， there was no way to "flip back" and look them up like if I had been reading the book。 It was interesting to see what some of the political concerns were in the 60s especially in light of the resurgence of white supremacy today too。 History does indeed repeat itself。 。。。more
Leilany Cobas （IG:leientrelibros）
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Primer libro de Agatha Christie que me duele reseñar。 Siendo tan buena autora， amante del crimen， no entiendo por qué escribió un libro que está totalmente alejado del género。 Realmente no tiene cabida en toda su bibliografía， no tenia nada de emoción， simplemente no entendí qué era lo que pretendía mostrar。Después de todos esos sentimientos horribles que me hizo sentir y la gran desilusión de la historia， lo único que hizo que por alguna razón me agradara， es el guiño que tiene la historia con Primer libro de Agatha Christie que me duele reseñar。 Siendo tan buena autora， amante del crimen， no entiendo por qué escribió un libro que está totalmente alejado del género。 Realmente no tiene cabida en toda su bibliografía， no tenia nada de emoción， simplemente no entendí qué era lo que pretendía mostrar。Después de todos esos sentimientos horribles que me hizo sentir y la gran desilusión de la historia， lo único que hizo que por alguna razón me agradara， es el guiño que tiene la historia con la leyenda de la muerte de Hitler。 Creo que esto es lo único que rescato del libro。Otro punto que me gustó fue ese pequeño atisbo de emoción que me creó al final del libro， ese pequeño toque de adrenalina de un desenlace que la verdad no esperaba， no tenia intención de que sucediera， porque entonces no tiene sentido que me cuente muchas otras cosas de la historia。En resumen， y esto es sumamente importante， SI ES TU PRIMERA VEZ CON AGATHA CHRISTIE NO LEAS ESTE LIBRO。 。。。more
M
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Garbage！
Victor
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*2。5
Morticia
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Strange。
Sakshi Sinha
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Set in the 1970s about Sir Stafford Nye taking on himself a daring scheme from this charming and alluring Countess Renata at the Frankfurt airport。 This narrative starts as a compelling chronicle where the first 100 pages， he tries to identify the woman， avoid certain situations and introduces us to a very amusing great aunt。 And then starts the issues…。I was in confusion in later chapters as to the direction this story was going in。 The plot felt flawed; out of nowhere， Agatha introduces youth Set in the 1970s about Sir Stafford Nye taking on himself a daring scheme from this charming and alluring Countess Renata at the Frankfurt airport。 This narrative starts as a compelling chronicle where the first 100 pages， he tries to identify the woman， avoid certain situations and introduces us to a very amusing great aunt。 And then starts the issues…。I was in confusion in later chapters as to the direction this story was going in。 The plot felt flawed; out of nowhere， Agatha introduces youth riot/neo-nazi contrivances without any prior information; Agatha didn't provide any detail。 It just made me want to flip through pages to get to the end。 In addition， the particulars on endless politics did not give any depth to the story。 Regrettably， the book's shortcomings also stand out in the end， which doesn't have a proper ending。 I enjoyed the first few chapters and felt an excellent story awaiting pages ahead， but it only kept getting bizarre and comical。 Therefore， I would recommend steering away from this thriller。 。。。more
Sherry
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Considering the date this story was written; The political and global background is eerily side by side with todays current events。 I really enjoyed this one by Dame Christie！
Lizanne
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I only read this book as it was part of a set of Agatha Christie books that I bought。 The read was sometimes very confusing and I struggled to follow the story at all times。 Based on other reviews， it seems as if others had a similar experience。 I will only recommend this book to proper Christie fans。 I still gave it 2 stars as I really liked Stafford Nye's character I only read this book as it was part of a set of Agatha Christie books that I bought。 The read was sometimes very confusing and I struggled to follow the story at all times。 Based on other reviews， it seems as if others had a similar experience。 I will only recommend this book to proper Christie fans。 I still gave it 2 stars as I really liked Stafford Nye's character 。。。more
Godoy Uribe Claudia
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Es la cuarta vez que leo este libro y es la primera que lo entiendo 😂Los libros de Agatha Christie， en lo general， son para cualquier edad。 Comencé a leerla con 8 años y la entendí。 Pero no este libro。Pasajero para Franckfurt es un libro más bien político， con frases que se aplican aún hoy， lo cual en parte me asusta。Stafford es un político que busca lo divertido en la vida y en el aeropuerto de Franckfurt se encuentran con una bella mujer que le pide su pasaporte para poder huir， a lo que él ac Es la cuarta vez que leo este libro y es la primera que lo entiendo 😂Los libros de Agatha Christie， en lo general， son para cualquier edad。 Comencé a leerla con 8 años y la entendí。 Pero no este libro。Pasajero para Franckfurt es un libro más bien político， con frases que se aplican aún hoy， lo cual en parte me asusta。Stafford es un político que busca lo divertido en la vida y en el aeropuerto de Franckfurt se encuentran con una bella mujer que le pide su pasaporte para poder huir， a lo que él accede y a partir de allí se ve metido en una conspiración a nivel mundial que busca resurgir la idea de una raza aria， comandada por un Joven Sigfrido。La trama es sumamente interesante aunque por momentos se vuelve densa。Además tiene varios datos sobre el nazismo que cuando leí por primera vez no entendí。Aún así la súper recomiendo porque todo lo que hace Christie es arte 。。。more
Chris DelBello
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First 1/3 was a thrilling mystery， but the back 2/3 left a lot to be desired。 More of a social or political commentary of the 60’s than the classic mystery Christie is famous for。
Yan
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Possibly the worst book she wrote。 Boring characters， confusing plot。 It started off well but went downhill quite quickly。 You won't miss the anything if you don't read this book。 Possibly the worst book she wrote。 Boring characters， confusing plot。 It started off well but went downhill quite quickly。 You won't miss the anything if you don't read this book。 。。。more
Yelena
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Audio
Sumido Letras
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Una de las tramas más robustas， complejas， detalladas y mejor construidas que he leído de Agatha， cargada de reflexiones del mundo de la época en que fue escrita que no dejan algunas de estar vigentes y ser muy apropiadas para definir los entramados políticos y de poder que mueven al mundo。Con personajes enigmáticos y bien construidos nos embarcamos en una aventura de espionaje， en la que los viajes alrededor del mundo， la vida rodeada de grandes lujos， el deseo innato por asumir riesgos， obliga Una de las tramas más robustas， complejas， detalladas y mejor construidas que he leído de Agatha， cargada de reflexiones del mundo de la época en que fue escrita que no dejan algunas de estar vigentes y ser muy apropiadas para definir los entramados políticos y de poder que mueven al mundo。Con personajes enigmáticos y bien construidos nos embarcamos en una aventura de espionaje， en la que los viajes alrededor del mundo， la vida rodeada de grandes lujos， el deseo innato por asumir riesgos， obligan al personaje principal a cometer acciones sin un rumbo fijo establecido， pero logrando así desenmarañar para otros una compleja red de oscuros manejos para lograr una nueva realidad que extiende sus tentáculos en todas partes del mundo。Basada en viejas teorías de un imperio ya caído y sin faltar un asesinato de por medio， la autora construye una historia atrapante， aunque con un final un poco apresurado。 。。。more
Linda
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Okay， I think this goes down as solidly my least favorite Agatha so far。 And I've read all of Miss Marple， most of Poirot， and a lot of the standalones。 This one was， dare I say， boring。I kind of get what she was trying to do here。 There was a lot going on during this time in the world。 She was trying to sort through it。 So many things were changing。 It was all so uncertain。But ugh。 This vague threat， this vague villain， this amorphous case， the cloudy denouement， it all fell flat。 This was perh Okay， I think this goes down as solidly my least favorite Agatha so far。 And I've read all of Miss Marple， most of Poirot， and a lot of the standalones。 This one was， dare I say， boring。I kind of get what she was trying to do here。 There was a lot going on during this time in the world。 She was trying to sort through it。 So many things were changing。 It was all so uncertain。But ugh。 This vague threat， this vague villain， this amorphous case， the cloudy denouement， it all fell flat。 This was perhaps one Agatha that did not give me comfort。 It confused me。 It was a lot of political mumbo jumbo， and a lot of theory。 I wasn't sure if they were saying the things going on in the book were actually happening， or were likely to happen。 There were so many background characters， and it was never clear who was to be trusted。 Even of the main characters， that was not clear。 Whatever came of Aunt Matilda - who I liked！ - going to visit Charlotte？ What was the point of that？ I don't know。And Mary Ann or the Countess or whoever she was， and Stafford。 Okay。 At the end （and here is one time that I am going to be a little spoilery because really it had NOTHING to do with the rest of the book， at all）， the telegrams going back and forth gave a tiny surprise。 But you know why it was a surprise？？ Because it was so far out of character for BOTH of them， and so far out of left field for the whole rest of the story。 Just， what？ Okay， that happened。At first， I felt like that redeemed the book， but after thinking on it， I get no inkling of that throughout the whole rest of the book， and certainly not that Stafford （who I also liked） would jump to such an audacious action。 Nope。 I do not see it。 I mean， good for him。 But nope。Poor confused Agatha， who was wrestling， as we all do， with the changing of the world as we get older。 I know this is one of her later titles and I can absolutely see it。 Definitely not her best work。 。。。more
Melissa Vinson
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Well， not the best Christie novel I’ve ever read， but is it the worst？ I guess that remains to be seen as I have quite a few more to go！
Susan
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This just proves that even the great ones can write a dud。 2 stars: one for Hugh Fraser for reading this and not going “what the heck am I reading？” and one star for the brief glimpse of Sybil at the end。 She was adorbs， “please God make nanny nice！”
Christelle
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I got worried about this book right at the beginning when I saw that Agatha Christie had written the foreword explaining her reasoning behind writing this international intrigue。 My first thought was why did the author feel the need to do this。 I could not get into the story at all。 It took me 2 weeks to finish this book。 There was， to me， no proper plot。 I could not make any sense of this book at all。 I was hoping for something to happen and it never did。 As for the end， I have no idea how Agat I got worried about this book right at the beginning when I saw that Agatha Christie had written the foreword explaining her reasoning behind writing this international intrigue。 My first thought was why did the author feel the need to do this。 I could not get into the story at all。 It took me 2 weeks to finish this book。 There was， to me， no proper plot。 I could not make any sense of this book at all。 I was hoping for something to happen and it never did。 As for the end， I have no idea how Agatha Christie came to it。 I really have no idea what she was trying to do with her characters and the story。 It has to be my least favourite book by the author。 。。。more
Letitia
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Tình cờ tìm được quyển sách trong những quyển sách cũ， khi thấy của tác giả Agatha Chrisite rất hào hứng。 Nhưng khi so sánh với những quyển sách trinh thám nổi tiếng của tác giả， quyển sách này thật khiến mình thất vọng。 Thật ra nửa quyển đầu cũng tạm ổn， vẫn còn một chút gay cấn， hồi hộp tuy nhiên đưa vào những yếu tố kiểm soát， “phát xít” … khá vô lý， trong khi những tác phẩm khác rất logic。 Và hơn thế， đọc chương kế cuối nó không hề giải quyết được vấn đề cốt lõi， sau khi qua cái cao trào， cả Tình cờ tìm được quyển sách trong những quyển sách cũ， khi thấy của tác giả Agatha Chrisite rất hào hứng。 Nhưng khi so sánh với những quyển sách trinh thám nổi tiếng của tác giả， quyển sách này thật khiến mình thất vọng。 Thật ra nửa quyển đầu cũng tạm ổn， vẫn còn một chút gay cấn， hồi hộp tuy nhiên đưa vào những yếu tố kiểm soát， “phát xít” … khá vô lý， trong khi những tác phẩm khác rất logic。 Và hơn thế， đọc chương kế cuối nó không hề giải quyết được vấn đề cốt lõi， sau khi qua cái cao trào， cảm giác như đến đây tác giả không biết làm sao để giải quyết vấn đề đặt ra hợp lý ？ Nó làm cho người đọc cứ tưởng sách in thiếu chương。 Đọng lại cuối cùng cứ như cuộc se duyên cho 2 nhân vật chính， một tác phẩm thật đáng thất vọng khi Agatha Christie là tác giả yêu thích của mình。 。。。more
Anniina Harju
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i think that the bare bones of this book had potential。 dame christie had good ideas and this might have worked as a short story collection after heavy， perhaps violent editing。 alas， the conversational tone as well as the plot that kept disappearing under the philosophical musings were misplaced and worked against the book。 where as the tone was somehow acceptable in Postern of Fate ， as it featured tommy and tuppence， elderly former sleuths， it was not so in a book that was apparently intended i think that the bare bones of this book had potential。 dame christie had good ideas and this might have worked as a short story collection after heavy， perhaps violent editing。 alas， the conversational tone as well as the plot that kept disappearing under the philosophical musings were misplaced and worked against the book。 where as the tone was somehow acceptable in Postern of Fate ， as it featured tommy and tuppence， elderly former sleuths， it was not so in a book that was apparently intended to be an international espionage thriller。but， as i said， the bare bones of old christie stories were present and that gave a certain fondness to the listening experience。 also， hugh fraser。 。。。more
Carol
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Definitely read the other reviews before reading this one。 The flow seems to get going nicely and then starts veering and careening around like a drunk driver in a bumper car。 Then just as abruptly， it settles back into the familiar writing of AC， ties everything together， puts a bow on it and The End。 It has been said that AC was suffering from dementia as she wrote this book， tho in the relatively early stages。 That is certainly a plausible possibility as this novel lacks the tight， careful co Definitely read the other reviews before reading this one。 The flow seems to get going nicely and then starts veering and careening around like a drunk driver in a bumper car。 Then just as abruptly， it settles back into the familiar writing of AC， ties everything together， puts a bow on it and The End。 It has been said that AC was suffering from dementia as she wrote this book， tho in the relatively early stages。 That is certainly a plausible possibility as this novel lacks the tight， careful construction of the plot line and the skillful editing that characterize her earlier works。 However the character development is there， and it was a pleasure to accompany these characters through the book。 If you're an AC fan and have read many of her books， this book has a place on your shelf。 But don't read it for your first （or first 15） AC books。 It's probably her worst work。 。。。more
Renata Dingemanse
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Vaag， complottheorieën， en de oplossing is mensen medisch zo te behandelen dat ze blijvend aardig worden？ Het boek geeft wel mooi de tijdgeest weer: studentenprotesten， drugs， atoomwedloop。 Bijzonder。
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