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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
4.5 stars
Possibly predictable, but only because I was able to figure out the mystery before the end. Without giving any spoilers, it was because I had recently read another mystery (I won't even share the author) that gave me hints as to what this ending would be. That said, my brother recently starred in this play as the Unexpected Guest, so that made me like it even more. It was excellently narrated by Hugh Fraser and I really enjoyed it! It made me want to watch the play even more, but I will settle for listening to Huge Fraser narrate it. Overall, it was a fun little mystery!
Possibly predictable, but only because I was able to figure out the mystery before the end. Without giving any spoilers, it was because I had recently read another mystery (I won't even share the author) that gave me hints as to what this ending would be. That said, my brother recently starred in this play as the Unexpected Guest, so that made me like it even more. It was excellently narrated by Hugh Fraser and I really enjoyed it! It made me want to watch the play even more, but I will settle for listening to Huge Fraser narrate it. Overall, it was a fun little mystery!
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
It’s a stormy night when Michael Starkwedder crashes his car and walks to a manor house for help. He finds a man dead in his wheelchair, and the man’s wife, Laura Warwick, holding the gun. Starkwedder vows to help her because he doesn’t believe she did it. She tells him her husband was horrible and abusive. She thinks up one possible enemy — the father of a child Warwick ran over and killed while speeding and drunk. The man vowed to kill him. Meanwhile in the house is Warwick’s mom and half-brother. He mentally tortured his half-brother who was handicapped.
So first you think it’s Laura protecting the boy. Then you come to find out she’s protecting the neighbor who she was having an affair with.
We find that the father had gone to Alaska and died there so it couldn’t be him. Brother likes the fact he will be the man of the house so he takes one of Warwick’s guns. Police try to get him to drop it, and he is killed in the struggle — taking the blame. Laura and lover didn’t make it through the test. Find out that Starkwedder was the father, and he killed Warwick. Professes his love for Laura but leaves. Ends with her calling after him.
Feel like Agatha Christie was a romantic so she wouldn’t have ended it this way.
So first you think it’s Laura protecting the boy. Then you come to find out she’s protecting the neighbor who she was having an affair with.
We find that the father had gone to Alaska and died there so it couldn’t be him. Brother likes the fact he will be the man of the house so he takes one of Warwick’s guns. Police try to get him to drop it, and he is killed in the struggle — taking the blame. Laura and lover didn’t make it through the test. Find out that Starkwedder was the father, and he killed Warwick. Professes his love for Laura but leaves. Ends with her calling after him.
Feel like Agatha Christie was a romantic so she wouldn’t have ended it this way.
Pretty privilege, a really good twist, and the strangest guest ever.
Listened to this on Audio with Lauren on the drive to pick up the new puppy. Typical Lauren figures it out after chapter 6 but I needed the whole thing and twist to figure it out. Honestly really good and enjoyable!
For any trying to get into Agatha Christie this is a good starting point!
Listened to this on Audio with Lauren on the drive to pick up the new puppy. Typical Lauren figures it out after chapter 6 but I needed the whole thing and twist to figure it out. Honestly really good and enjoyable!
For any trying to get into Agatha Christie this is a good starting point!
When I started this book, I didn’t realize it was a play although I quickly figured it out. I suspect it works much better as a play than as a novel and I missed the prose that Christie is so good at. Even so, it was a fun read, quick, clever and just short of satisfying. It ended too soon, but what can you do; it’s a play. I would love to see this on the stage sometime.
This isn't really a brand new mystery novel by Agatha Christie. Instead its a novelization, by Christie biographer Charles Osborne, of a stage play by Agatha Christie. Reviews suggested that Osborne did a better job than I thought he did. It's okay, but it's very obvious that it was a play. I would describe it as "thinly novelized." Still, for those who are fans of Agatha Christie, this is a real discovery. Enjoy.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
fast-paced
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Man the twist at the end was so unexpected but so good !!!!