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Endless Night

Agatha Christie

Start date: October 1, 2021

Finish date: October 31, 2021

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Why we're reading this: Next in our Assorted Christies challenge.
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Mar 28, 2018 Bronwyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: novels, title-a-i, author-a-i, do-not-own, by-women, mystery-detective-suspense, audiobook, 2018-reads

Really well done. I didn't see that coming at all. ...more

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Sep 18, 2021 Susan in NC rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, tbr-with-gr-groups, audiobook

Yet another Agatha Christie I had never read. This one is really hard to review, as I don’t want to give away any spoilers.

Written in 1967, this is one of Christie’s standalone mysteries, sans Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, or really any detective. More of a psychological thriller, really; a rather restless young man comes under the spell of Gypsy’s Acre, a remote spot in the English countryside. He sees a young woman there, amongst the trees - they begin dating, fall in love and marry. The who ...more

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May 30, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: british, 2017read, mysteries-thrillers-espionage, reviewed, fiction-1960s, fiction

A stand-alone book by Agatha Christie. A quite different type of book.

Lower class, somewhat drifter, Michael Rogers marries wealthy heiress Ellie Guteman. They build their dream home on land that is supposed to be cursed. Anything else I write would be a spoiler.

The title comes from William Blake's Auguries of Innocence:

"Every night and every morn,
Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night,
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night." ...more

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Dec 24, 2021 Anna Adams rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

O-O (Shocked face)

I suspected once or twice, but then...

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Apr 16, 2014 Stephanie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-cozy

This was a pretty good book, but not a fabulous one. A LOT of what seems to be introductory material and you only find out later it is part of the mystery. That was rather sneaky on Christie's part. Worthy of a read, this was one of her later books. I listened to the audiobook and Hugh Fraser does an excellent job. Very comfortable listen. ...more

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