The Unexpected Guest & The Pale Horse

Sep 21, 2024 3:44 PM

Author:Agatha Christie,Siôn Probert,Stephanie Cole,Full Cast

The Unexpected Guest begins on a foggy night at a lonely country house, where a woman with a gun in her hand is quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. It looks like a straightforward case of murder. Or is it? As the ghosts of an old wrong begin to emerge from the past, the case begins to look anything but straightforward, and it is up to Sergeant Cadwallader and Inspector Thomas to discover the unexpected truth... In The Pale Horse, a dying woman gasps out her bizarre story to Catholic priest Father Gorman - but no sooner has he written it down than he is violently killed. The only clue he leaves is a twisted scrap of paper on which are written nine names. On the trail of these names Inspector Lejeune, together with academic Mark Easterbrooke and his crime writer friend Ariadne Oliver, are led inexorably to The Pale Horse Inn, in the village of Much Deeping. The three women who live there - a psychic, a medium and a witch - all seem to have some link to Father Gorman’s death. And each of them has their own secrets... These two Agatha Christie stories, each with a twist in the tale, are dramatised with full casts including Siôn Probert and Stephanie Cole.

2 CDs. 2 hrs.

Reviews

With sharp dialogue, inventively gruesome violence and the darkest of dark humor, Lehane's fifth novel proves again that he's the hippest heir of Hammett and Chandler

—— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A masterpiece. Stunning. Brilliant. Mesmerizing. Satisfying. All that and so much more... Steal this book if that's the only way you can get your hands on it

—— Deadly Pleasures

Lehane's gritty psychothrillers have carved a distinctive patch on the map of contemporary crime writing... One of the most electrifying thriller writers

—— Guardian

The well-oiled plot mechanics, edge-of-the-knife dialogue and explosive bursts of violence are polished and primed in this hard-boiled shocker

—— The New York Times Book Review

'The wittiest of detective writers'

—— Daily Mail

Death in the Stocks is that rare and refreshing thing - a clever problem stated, developed and finally solved in terms of character

—— The Times

Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel

—— Times Literary Supplement

First-rate thriller, with the imperturbable Reacher meting out his brand of justice to the villains

—— Sunday Telegraph

An unflinching suspense thriller . . . Blindsighted is a promising debut, and Karin Slaughter is a novelist to watch

—— George P. Pelecanos

Terrifying...rarely have the mechanics of suspense been so efficiently utilised outside a Hitchcock movie

—— DAILY EXPRESS

Original, moving and entertaining for adults as well as for older children

—— Julia Donaldson , Daily Express

A deservedly acclaimed read.

—— Time Out London

'Haddon's book is a peculiar thing - a kind of James Joyce for kids - but a genre-busting gem, nevertheless'

—— The Observer

'Engaging, warm, humorous and poignant at the same time'

—— The Scotsman

'This book is amazing . . . A must read'

—— Martina Evans , Irish Post

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