looking for help

[jule2608]

hi there

i've a problem, because of xmas. i thought about a book from agatha christie as present to my boyfriend. i think he may enjoy this kind of books, but didn't read any of her books on my own. so i'm looking for help. which of her many books is maybe the best one? some fact of my boyfriend: he is 21 years old and likes movies where you have to think about a solution (that's why i thought of agatha christie).

and another question do i have: is the story of "And Then There Were None" like the story of the movie "identity"?

thank you for your answers!

jule

[RobinHood3000]

"Identity" has a similar premise but, from what I hear, a significantly different execution.

As far as I know, Murder on the Orient Express is perhaps Dame Agatha Christie's best-known work, and I loved it. Being so popular, however, your boyfriend may already have it. If so, then you might want to look towards The ABC Murders, Curtain, or And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians). Most of these, however, would be best for Hercule Poirot fans. If your boyfriend's more of a Miss Marple fan or has more general tastes in Christie, then I imagine that you could easily look up the appropriate books on the Internet.

Happy hunting,

RobinHood3000

[Ranoo]

I also recommend Christie's Murder on the Orient Express also it is known as Murder on the Calais Coach and Murder,she said.

In fact, I read most of Christie's novels in Arabic ,so I'm going to translate some of the titles,but I'm not sure if I am a good translator:
The perfect Murder and The last glass

[subterranean]

Maybe he would be interested in Sir Alfred Hitchcock's movies, the master of suspense. Like The Birds or To Catch a Thief; totally classics.


He said:
"Always make the audience suffer as much as possible"

[Scheherazade]

Along with Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None, I would suggest The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Crooked House because of their unique endings.

[Pensive]

What about The God Father - Mario Puzzo?

He might like it.

[Weeping Willow]

How about a classic detactive story...
Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur conan doyle
it's a great one...

[EAP]

It's very difficult for me to single out a Christie book - everything she wrote from 1917 onwards to about 1950 was quality - perhaps 'Murder At The Vicarage' or 'ABC Murders?'

'Peril At End-House' and 'Murder On The Links' also have very good endings.

Edit: For some introversive, different and outre Christie, try 'Nemesis', chronologically her last book but written well before her death. It offers an interesting prespective on the social and cultural evolvement of Britain and the generational difference that was so evident between the beat generation and the 'old-timers'. (ala Christie, who witnessed the Empire at its absolute zenith and again as a shadow of its former glory - turning over a new leaf in the wake of the second WW)

The plot isn't half bad either.