books 2010 // # 79 - Endless Night by Agatha Christie
Title: Endless Night by Agatha Christie [Great Britain 1967]
Series: ---.
Genre: Crime. Mystery.
Length: 170 pages.
Summary: Michael Rogers dreams of a rich, beautiful wife and a perfectly designed house. He finds the woman, and they build the house. Then sudden death strikes. [Source].
Review in 5 words or less: Smart, elegant story | Excellent characterization | Clever and thoroughly enjoyable.
Personal Rating: ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ of 5.
Review:
This is Agatha Christie, so I doubt anyone will be surprised when I say that I found the story to be smart, creepy in exactly the right way and delivering excellent characterization. Personally, I completely fell for the narrator's story.
The plot, as expected, is complicated and smart and once again I can't say anything more than Miss Christie is indeed the "grand dame of crime". This is an elegant, smart, creepy story that felt like a horror story at times and definitely kept my interest up to the final word. Amazing as usual.
Links: official website, @ wikipedia
Other books I've read by this author: Murder on the Orient-Express (1933). The Moving Finger (1942). After the Funeral (Funerals are Fatal) (1953). The Clock (1963). Nemesis (1971).