Endless Night Agatha Christie

Endless Night – Agatha Christie
This book follows the story of a young couple Mike Rogers and his millionaire American wife Ellie Goodman. They meet seemingly by chance at a property called Gipsy’s Acre in England having seen an advert it is up for sale by auction. They are told by a local woman Mrs Lee that the land is cursed and no good ever comes of living there.
The young couple commission an architect Mike met on his travels called Rudolf Santonix to build them a house, and with his indomitable style he does taking the best advantage of the site. Shortly after moving in Ellie has an accident and calls for her old friend  and confidant Greta to come and stay while she recovers. Also added to our cast are Andrew Lippincott one of Ellie’s legal guardians , Cora Van Stuyesant Ellie’s glamorous stepmother and Major Philpott the local landowner.
However none of our cast of characters seems to have a direct motive to commit murder – so the twist in this particular tale is that no one seems to have a motive.
Endless night was adapted for cinema in 1971 with the film's chilling score being written by Bernard Hermann who was famous for writing many of Alfred Hitchcock's scores.

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