Endless Night (1967)

This was the first time that I have read Christie, and despite the old fashioned time of the story, it had me gripped right till the end. I read it quicker than i thought I would, and, and what a suprise ending! I will be reading more from her in future. Hugely enjoyable ( )

Agatha Christie's Endless Night is far more than a great read, a psychological thriller and a riveting mystery: it's one of the most insightful
books about a sociopathic predator and his beguiling mask of sanity I have read. ( )

Michael Rogers dreams of having a rich, beautiful wife that he can live "happily ever after" with in a wonderful house in the country. Marriage to the fabulously wealthy and gorgeous American heiress, Ellie Guteman, brings Michael as close to his wildest dreams as he can possibly want to get. Michael and Ellie happily purchase Gipsy's Acre and start to build their dream house together. Michael studiously ignores the country gossips who whisper that Gipsy's Acre is a cursed tract of land. That's until a mysterious murderer strikes much too close to Michael's ultimate dream life for his liking.

I really enjoyed this story. It was the first time that I had read this book and I give it an A+! It was quite interesting to receive this particular book in the mail - I received it directly from Ireland and opened the package to discover the back cover was written in Chinese. The book was written in English but the synopsis on the back cover was written in Chinese! :) I asked my daughter to "translate" for me and she burst out laughing when she saw it. ( )

Ce roman ne ressemble à aucune autre fiction d'Agatha Christie. Il est construit comme une fable, et la petite histoire nous dit qu'il fut inspiré à son auteur par l'autre grand-mère de son petit fils Mathew Pritchard, qui la tenait elle-même du folklore gallois. Il n'aura fallu à la romancière que six semaines pour écrire ce récit jailli spontanément sous sa plume et dont le titre lui a été fourni par un poème de William Blake. Michaels Rogers, le narrateur, tombe amoureux d'un terrain soumis à un terrible sortilège. A mi-chemin entre le policier et le fantastique, un roman inattendu, longue confession d'un assassin qui reconnaît avoir choisi la mauvaise route...

Michael falls in love with a piece of land and the woman he first meets there. The woman is an American heiress and together they build a dream home. But gypsy warnings have frightened his bride. Is there a curse on the land? Christie skillfully manipulates the reader's expectations in this romance turned mystery.