Author:Agatha Christie,June Whitfield,Full Cast
Young Gwenda Reed arrives in England from New Zealand, travelling ahead of her husband Giles and charged with the task of finding the perfect place to make their base. In the quiet village of Dilmouth, she finds a house with immediate appeal. A few renovations will convert it into her ideal home. Then things get very strange indeed. Wanting porch stairs, Gwenda hires a builder to put them in - only to find some old steps, covered up by bushes. She decides on a connecting doorway between the drawing-room and the dining-room, but discovers one already there, now plastered over. When she opens the painted-over doors of an old cupboard to find wallpaper exactly the same as she had imagined, she begins to wonder if she is going mad. Is her mind playing tricks on her, or does she unconsciously know how the house used to look? It takes Miss Marple to realise that an unsolved murder is behind Gwenda's apparent intuition - but even she does not suspect the murderer will strike again... Agatha Christie's final Marple mystery is dramatised with a full cast including Julian Glover and Carolyn Pickles.
'Dan Fesperman has written that rare thing: a fine and intelligent novel that makes you think, and keeps you turning the pages'
—— Val McDermid'Thoroughly recommended...Has the tang of someone writing with conviction, compassion and, above all, an understanding of the Balkans'
—— Observer'Hugely satisfying. This book has all the power of a great thriller, with the humanity and intelligence of the best serious fiction'
—— Fergal Keane'Gruelling, exciting, eventful...cleanly and crisply written, with a vein of sardonic asides'
—— Literary ReviewIndridason pieces together a convincing plot, while exploring universal issues of political idealism and shattered dreams
—— Daily MirrorA beautiful, sad, haunting tale of lost love and lost illusion, regret and betrayal
—— The TimesA very good read which involves the reader deeply in the lives and the events of the story
—— Crimesquad.comNerve tingling... nobody is more adept... a talent for heart-poundingly tense story-telling and an ability to conjure up atmospheres almost palpable with menace
—— Sunday TimesA fast-paced and unsettling story ... A compelling and fluid read
—— The Daily TelegraphThe writing is lean and mean, and the climax will blow you away
—— The IndependentCompelling
—— Daily Mirrora taut, mystical thriller and a thoughtful meditation on humanity
—— Philip Womack , Daily TelegraphBurnside's story uses suggestion and ambiguity rather than explicit statement, but has the power that comes from leaving plenty of space in which the reader's imagination can go to work
—— Nick Rennison , Sunday Timesremarkable, genre-defying...Glister is a remarkable book...a fusion of styles and genres, and it succeeds magnificently on those terms...powerfully imagines and beautifully written...A haunting tale, not as depressing as you might expect, and highly recommended
—— Simon Appleby , www.bookgeeks.co.ukWriting 'this dreamy melange of gritty urbanism with poetic crime puzzler, will appeal to the right reader very highly
—— The Book BagA dark fable
—— Colin Waters , Sunday HeraldBurnside's writing conveys an almost palpable thrill of discovery, a delight in the play of his imagination over this bleak terrain, an irrepressible joy in cultivating metaphor after metaphor and seeing them all, improbably, bloom...The emotion this brilliant and disturbing novel leaves you with is like the spooked feeling Leonard experiences...It takes your breath away, but you don't know if that comes from awe or terror. The Glister" is that kind of story. It's terrifying, and it feels like a gift.
—— Terrence Rafferty , www.nytimes.comI'm a year late (quite punctual, for me) in recommending John Burnside's austerely poetic novel
—— David Mitchell , Guardian
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