5 BOOKS & 5 MOVIES IF YOU LOVE MYSTERIES ~~ Agatha Christie Special

Are you fascinated by murder mysteries? Have you read Agatha Christie? Do you love to read about unsolvable crimes? You are in the right place!
I have read Agatha Christie novels so well that I am able to guess who the murderer is when I am halfway through the book. It's a curse!
Without much further ado or mystery, I will take you directly to the thing you came for!!

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My Favourite AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS ~~~~~

👉 MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS

This book is one of the finest works of Agatha Christie. As the name suggests, a murder is committed on a train and one of the passengers is the culprit. Very conveniently there is also a detective on board who immediately hops on to solve the murder. Everybody is a suspect. And everyone has a motive to commit that murder. But who did it? The best part of the book is the ending which is beyond imagination!

👉 THE THIRD GIRL

Three young women share a London flat. The first is an efficient personal secretary; the second is an artist, and the third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast of brioche and hot chocolate insisting that she is a murderer – and then promptly disappears. Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family – and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane..

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👉 THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD

It is one of my favorite books because of its eerie ending. It is a typical work of Agatha Christie with an obvious suspect and the actual murderer hiding in plain sight. I would not talk much about the plot because I don’t want to spoil your fun of reading it!

👉 FIVE LITTLE PIGS

It was an open and shut case. All the evidence said Caroline Crale poisoned her philandering husband, a brilliant painter. She was quickly and easily convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Now, sixteen years later, in a posthumous letter, Mrs. Crale has assured her grown daughter that she was innocent. But instead of setting the young woman's mind at ease, the letter only raises disquieting questions. Did Caroline indeed write the truth? And if she didn't kill her husband, who did?
To find out, the Crale’s daughter asks Hercule Poirot to reopen the case.

Hercule obviously finds the murderer and you won’t be able to guess till the end!

👉 AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

First, there were ten—a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. 

A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion. And they realized that murders are occurring as described in the rhyme, the terror mounts. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.

I have three words, Brilliant, Brilliant and Brilliant...

NO WAIT THE BLOG ISNT OVER YET!

There are some lazy beans who don’t want to read a novel. Some try but give up after reading 20-30 pages. But that does not mean that they can’t enjoy the thrill of a murder mystery. For you my friend, I have the movies that are direct adaptations to Agatha Christie’s works or quite similar to what she writes! So, grab your popcorns and be ready to be thrilled!

5 BEST MYSTERY MOVIES ~~~~~

👉 KNIVES OUT (2019)

This movie revolves around the murder of a wealthy novelist Harlan Thrombey who invites all of his to his 85^th birthday party. Later that night he is found dead. The police are convinced that it was a suicide, however, somebody had anonymously paid a private investigator to find out the murderer.  

This raises questions and suspicions on his family members who clearly have motives and greed for money.

The added delight to the movie is Daniel Craig as the investigator and Chris Evans whose presence makes the movie even better!

It is a must-watch and is also nominated for an academy award!

  

👉 MURDER MYSTERY (2019)

It is a Netflix original which stars Jennifer Anniston and Adam Sandler. The movie is an absolute treat and perfect amalgamation of funny and thriller.

Adam Sandler plays the role of a cop who is unable to take a gunshot and Jennifer Anniston is his wife who loves to read crime novels. Together they go for a vacation which turns out of a cruise vacation by the mercy of a stranger they met in the plane and eventually turns out to a crime scene. A cruise, middle of the sea, a murder, and the usual suspects. Everyone has the motive to kill except the couple, yet somehow, they get framed! It’s a must-watch.

                                

👉 MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)

It is the adaptation of Agatha Christie’s famous novel of the same name. just like the book, a murder is committed on a train and one is the culprit. The added delight is Johnny Depp and the exquisite cinematography. It's great to see your favorite book coming to life! 

👉 CROOKED HOUSE (2017)

It is an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name. Charles, a detective, is called to solve a murder case. He finds that the victim is his former lover's grandfather and that most of the evidence point towards her being a potential suspect.

👉 DEATH ON NILE (1978)

It is a British film based on Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name. A Belgian sleuth has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich heiress and a few others are killed. Will he be able to find the culprit before they reach port?

The good news is there is a remake coming out of this movie and hopefully this year! Until then, watch this old one and enjoy it!!