And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie.

 

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And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / 

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution 

by Agatha Christie. 
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Delightful collection, and looking forward to reading those I haven't yet read. 
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And Then There Were None 

And Then There Were None (1939)

It seems unlikely that anyone would be unfamiliar with this story - so much is this been a part of growing up. The island where the chosen group has been invited to take a free holiday all paid, where they meet each other after a solitary journey and go on to the mansion to spend the holiday - only to find they are dying, one by one. They are being popped off, but they are only themselves on the island, and no one coming, no way to leave for anyone. It seems unlikely it could be one of them, and yet ...

October 18, 2008. 

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Death on the Nile 

Death on the Nile (1937)

One of the most famous from this writer, not the least due to the spectacular film - the story does lend itself to a spectacular film, rather. A beautiful young woman who is a rich heiress, with a brand new handsome bridegroom, setting out on her honeymoon - only, he had unceremoniously ditched his previous lover when he saw the beauty he married, and it so happened the two young women had been best friends, in fact that is how the couple had met. Now, the spurned lover is haunting them on the honeymoon, she is there everywhere they can and do go, no matter how carefully they camouflage their plans. Finally they are on a cruise on the Nile together, and she joins the cruise just as they are congratualting each other. Now there is no escape. And then begin the deaths...

October 21, 2008. 

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)

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Witness for the Prosecution 

Witness for the Prosecution (1924)

Looking forward to reading it, having loved the portrayal by Marlene Dietrich of the wife who loved her husband, not realising he wasn't merely the criminal but intended to cheat her after she'd saved his life - and the superb lawyer who, having realised she'd conned him, turns to save her, nevertheless, knowing she was innocent and her being espxecuted for a murder committed by the husband had been his plan all along! 

December 28, 2020.  

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