Evil Under the Sun

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Summary: An outstanding reading of an ingenious Christie mystery.
Review: As an example of how ingeniously a whodunit might be plotted, and how expertly an audio book might be read, this package could hardly be bettered.

Agatha Christie wrote "Evil Under the Sun" in the early 1940s. It was a time when the second world war had brought widespread misery, pain and austerity. A welcome antidote, therefore was to devise a little budget-priced escapism, to depict a group of guests at a sea-side holiday resort relaxing and exchanging gossip and tittle-tattle as they overlook a beach and the bathers who are using it.

The inane gossip and the lack of suspense in the opening pages might wear your patience, but keep alert! Many significant clues are scattered here.

The subsequent murder and the possible motivation relate mainly to a context of human relationships. A drug smuggling racket is occasionally suggested. Hercule Poirot is present, of course, to lead police, readers, and everybody else to the solution of the mystery, even if he needs to ruin a good pair of shoes and risk seasickness during the hunt.

Addictive and ingenious as her books can be, Agatha Christie's prose and dialogue are not renowned for literary merit. All the more remarkable, therefore, is the contribution of David Suchet. Such is the reading of the great British actor that the banal is transformed into the brilliant, the commonplace into the courtly, and the mediocre into the memorable.

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Summary: Evil on the island
Review: Evil Under The Sun was the first Agatha Christie book that I have read. I am not sure that I will read another one of her books or not. The book did have a good plot, but it was rather slow moving. It took approximately sixty pages for someone to die,which to me was a long time. Before, Arlena Stewart Marshall was murdered, the book was a little confusing to me. The book did, however become a little more interesting after the murder. The best part about the book was the way the Hercule Poirot explained the murder. He explained the exact movements of everyone who was involved with the murder. Altogether I thought that it was a fairly good book despite some of it's faults.

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Summary: EVIL REALLY EXISTS
Review: I AM A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL .I OWN 22 BOOKS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE .I LOVED THIS BOOK CUZ UNTIL PORIOT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ONE DOESNT GET THE TRUTH EVEN BY THINKING HARD.I LOVE THE CHARACTER OF POIROT .THIS STORY IS ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO A BEACH HOTEL AND A BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IS MURDERED.THEN ITS UPTO POIROT TO FIND THE MURDERER.WELL I WONT SAY MORE AND SPOIL THE FUN 4 THE READERS.THERE IS NO ONE MORE FASCINATING WRITER THAN AGATHA CHRISTIE.

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Summary: David Suchet is wonderful!
Review: I highly recommend the audio book read by David Suchet. You won't believe the voices that he can give these characters. It really makes the book come alive. He's a class act.

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Summary: a great mystery
Review: This book is set in a lonely seaside resort in England with a very mixed cast of characters, from the rich clothing-designer Rosamund Darnley to the garrulous American Mrs. Gardner to the beautiful man-chaser Arlena Stuart and her husband Captain Kenneth Marshall. Arlena's reputation of beauty and ruining marriages precedes her and indeed she does have an affair with young Patrick Redfern at the resort, despite his marriage to Christine Redfern. Therefore, when Arlena is killed, there is a long list of suspects: Kenneth Marshall, Patrick Redfern, Christine Redfern, and Linda Marshall (Arlena's step-daughter). Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, is at the resort and discovers the murderer in a completely unexpected ending.
I love the suspense of this book and the way all of the little seemingly insignificant clues eventually come together, leaving me amazed at the brilliance of Agatha Christie. I read this book in about two days because I couldn't put it down. This is definitely one of the best Agatha Christie books that I have ever read and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a great mystery.