Jane in Search of a Job: A Short Story

Written by Agatha Christie

Narrated by Hugh Fraser

A classic Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories

Jane Cleveland is in desperate need of a job, and when she sees an ad for a woman of her description needed to impersonate a grand duchess, she cannot believe her luck. The royal retainers tell Jane that the job will be dangerous because attempts have been made on the Grand Duchess Pauline's life, but this only serves to make the job more appealing. Jane's disguise initially goes according to plan, but when she is kidnapped and drugged, it appears that her new employers are not all that they seem…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Dec 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9780062249487

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.

Reviews for Jane in Search of a Job

[dnaej · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The story was interesting. It just ended very abruptly.