Endless Night (Queen of Mystery) - Gripping Mystery Novel for Adults | Perfect for Book Clubs & Cozy Reading Nights

Ah! I just finished the book, and it’s so good, I don’t quite know what to do with my feelings.This is only my second Christie novel, after And Then There Were None (which I also loved). I’m wondering if these two books of hers I’ve happened to read might stand out from the rest of them. I’ve always had the idea that Agatha Christie novels were light and easy mysteries for fans of tea parties, but these stories are definitely not that. There’s a richness and a darkness to them that I’m finding more affecting than most modern mystery and thriller stories—most of which are ostensibly darker and more shocking but actually don’t often get into my psyche the way Christie has.Very minor spoiler territory:Unlike And Then There Were None, this is not a story full of murders. In fact, it’s well over halfway before anything of the sort actually happens. But it is not a slow or difficult read at all. I was hooked by every page and loved every moment of buildup and character-building. I say this as someone who gives up easily on books that bore me (often to a fault, I happily admit, but I figure life is short, there are hundreds of books I’d like to read, and I generally have a very short attention span).I won’t say much else, just that the characters and story are masterfully built, and once the crap hits the proverbial fan, it’s beautifully dark and unsettling through to the end.