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Title: Peril at end house

Author: Agatha Christie

Genre: Crime, Detective, Mystery

Published: February 1932

Rating: 4.3/5

Synopsis:  (From Goodreads)

Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckly. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo.

Poirot has taken a particular interest in the young woman who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are more than just mere coincidences or a spate of bad luck. It seems all too clear to him that someone is trying to do away with poor Nick, but who? And, what is the motive? In his quest for answers, Poirot must delve into the dark history of End House. The deeper he gets into his investigation, the more certain he is that the killer will soon strike again. And, this time, Nick may not escape with her life. 

Review:

Peril at end house is a detective fiction by British author Agatha Christie. This novel was well received when first published, with the plot stated as unusually creative and clever by the reviewers. It has been adapted to computer game, film, graphic novel, radio, stage, television and translated to many other languages as a book.

Hercule Poirot – is a private detective. Well, this characterization is as usually developed as an astute person. You will try to heed every action of him. He will unearth clues from anything which we think as an impossible one. He is the linchpin of this story.  

Arthur Hastings – is the best friend of Poirot. He is the narrator of this story. This character’s point of view is more relatable to our thinking. 

Nick Buckley – is a young mistress of End House. She is so impetuous that she isn’t aware of the perils enwreathing her. She is the key figure of this story. She enshrouds some stuff very well towards the end. This character is developed in an inimitable way. 

Some other entrancing characters are George Challenger, Freddie Rice, Charles Vyse and Ellen. 

Agatha Christie, queen of mystery, penned down an outlandish plot which may ruminate you to hitch with the story until end. 

I highly recommend this book to all the mystery lovers and of course to the fans of Agatha Christie. 

Happy Reading!!!

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Synopsis:

Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock off the Devon coast. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous host mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime.

Then one of the party dies suddenly, and they realise there may be a murderer in their midst – a murderer who might strike again…and again…

And all the time, copies of a macabre nursery rhyme hang in each room, a nursery rhyme with an omen of death for all ten of them.

Review:

This book is first named as Ten little niggers, after the minstrel song, which serves as the major plot point and later renamed as ‘Ten little Indians’. Then it was retitled as ‘And then there were none’. This is the novel Agatha Christie once admitted as the hardest to write.

This book is the world’s best-selling mystery with over 100 million copies sold. This story has been adopted into plays, movies, TV shows, games and also to graphic novels.

And this book came first in a global vote to find the world’s favourite Agatha Christie books for her 125th birthday.

Agatha Christie created a magnificent story revolving in an Island with her inimitable writing style. She described her characters apparently.

“In the midst of life, we are in death”.

Story is so fast paced and there is not even a single dull moment. Each scene retains our disquiet feelings.

“Be sure thy sin will find thee out”.

Agatha gave us the biggest clue within the starting few pages yet you will never able to predict the exact scenario. That is why may be she is known as the “Queen of mystery”.

“But no artist, I now realize, satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gainsaid”.

I am not going to write about the characters involved in this story because that may give you a little bit of spoilers. I want everyone to enjoy this book as spoiler free one. That may be helpful to feel the exact chill in the story.

I highly recommend this book to the lovers of mystery, crime and also to the admirers of Agatha Christie.

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Synopsis :

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. A passenger lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside.

Isolated by the storm and with a killer in the midst detective Hercule Poirot must identify the prime suspects from a scornful and impatient array of foreign passengers – before the murderer decides to strike again…

Review :

Agatha Christie created Hercule Poirot as an undeniable brainiac private detective (and also a retired Belgian police officer). He just steals our attention by finding clues with great finesse. You cannot defy but to get yourself intertwined to witness his flair of solving riddles.

“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances”.

Two other important characters are Monsieur Bouc (a friend of Hercule Poirot) and Dr. Constantine (a physician who acts as the coroner aboard the Orient Express). They help Hercule to find the mystery. These characters are well developed in a way that you will instantly relate to their doubts and curiosity.

“How fast you go. You arrive at a conclusion much sooner than I would permit myself to do”.

Agatha Christie created so many characters as passengers. Still, she never failed to portray each of them rigorously. Each and every chapter will be an out-and-out page-turner for all the readers. You will unconsciously involve yourself to find those repressed facts in the story. Her writing style is an absolute example of an eloquent work. Hats-off to Agatha Christie for this engagingly penned down novel.

I highly recommend this book to the readers who like reading crime which perfectly holds the suspense towards its end, to the lovers of thriller & detective stories and most importantly to the admirers of Agatha Christie.

Happy reading!!!

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