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| Title | : | The Unexpected Guest |
| Author | : | Charles Osborne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 287 pages |
| Published | : | September 15th 2000 by St. Martin's Paperbacks |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Classics |
Charles Osborne
Paperback | Pages: 287 pages Rating: 4.04 | 8535 Users | 542 Reviews
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Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time with her works outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. She is regarded by generations of fans as the greatest mystery writer ever, and her novels are read and cherished the world over.A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy estate in Wales. This mystery opens as a stranger walks away from his ditched car toward a country manor to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed and her confession unconvincing. The unexpected guest decides to help her and blame the murder on an intruder. Later, the police discover clues that point to a man who died two years previously and a pandora's box of loves and hates, suspicions and intrigues is opened to the night air.
Originally written by Agatha Christie as a play in 1954, now rendered as a novel by Charles Osborne, The Unexpected Guest is a compelling tale of murder and deceit sure to entertain and amuse fans of Christie worldwide.
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| ISBN: | 0312975120 (ISBN13: 9780312975128) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Michael Starkwedder, Laura Warwick, Richard Warwick, Sergeant Cadwallader, Miss Bennett (The Unexpected Guest), Jan Warwick, Mrs Warwick, Henry Angell, Inspector Thomas, Julian Farrar, John MacGregor |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 8535 Users | 542 ReviewsAppraise Of Books The Unexpected Guest
This was originally a play by Agatha Christie, which has now been turned into a novel by another author.I can easily imagine it as a play, and I think it would probably be better in that form, as, although there are some clever twists and turns, it seemed a little flat and lifeless, and was, for me, just, an ok read.Decent plot though I could tell what the twist would be a mile away. While this is a decent novelisation, it feels very much like a play and I think would work better as such. Still, it contains Christie's excellent characterisation and understanding of psychology.
The Unexpected Guest began life as a play by Agatha Christie. This is the novelized version written by Charles Osborne.As you read it is obvious that it is derived from a play because the entire novel takes place in one room. Characters arrive and depart from this room, individually or in groups, from one door or another, just as actors would come and go on stage. This does not detract at all from the quality of the writing or the story itself.Like many Christie novels the mystery is spun out
'Men are really the sensitive sex. Women are tough. Men can't take murder in their stride. Women apparently can.'A pacy thriller!
Having read every full length novel by the queen of crime I came across this play that has been adapted into a novel. I started to read this book and very soon I knew I had picked a good book to read, I could easily picture this been played out on a stage and it had the usual twists and turns that any Agatha Christie reader would expect. As with most Christie novels the finger of suspicion moved from character to character as more facts were told.The novel starts with a stranger running his car
The unexpected guest is Michael Starkwedder who has come to Wales to visit the country of his mother's youth and perhaps buy a house. The night is foggy and he runs his car into a muddy ditch. When he goes for help at the nearest house, he finds that he's not the only unexpected guest there--death has visited the home of Richard and Laura Warwick. The master of the house, Richard, lies dead of a gunshot wound and Laura stands nearby with the gun in her hand. She swears that she has killed her
The plot is incorrect: it's the one for Spider's Web. I guess you could say I read "The Unexpected Guest" as an accident, as I thought I would be reading Spider's Web. However, The Unexpected Guest was a very good accident, mind you. The story was fast-paced, had simple and easy-to-read language, and a jaw-dropping ending.It didn't feature the usual recurring detectives, like Poirot or Marple or Tommy and Tuppence, yet perhaps that's what made this book so intriguing because the inspectors were
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