In English - Mary Higgins Clark - A cry in the night

   I would like to share with you a typical holiday book. OK, I know the holidays are over... but let's make them last a little with this article about a mystery novel.

Title: A cry in the night

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Genre: mystery novel

Year: 1982

Country: USA

Summary

   Jenny Mc Partland is a divorced mother of two little girls. Her struggle with poverty brutally comes to an end as she falls in love with Erich Krueger, a rich painter who is passionately in love with her too, marries her and adopts the children. Jenny follows him and stays in his gigantic farm in Minnesota. But Erich becomes extremely possessive, doesn't allow her to go outside the property, and Jenny feels suffocated in this strange atmosphere, haunted by Erich's dead beloved mother. Moreover, Jenny's ex-husband is prowling around the place. The fairy tale will turn into nightmare as Jenny becomes more and more paranoid.

My opinion

    First, the atmosphere of the novel is fascinating. This strange house, full of the memory of a dead person, is really sinister and creepy. The really fast passage from hapiness to fear is remarkable. The characters are excellent too: the happy Jenny, who turns out to be so nervous, and the dark Erich and his morbid fascination for his dead mother.

    What's also crucial in a mystery novel, the suspense is extremely big. Itis litterally impossible to put the book down. The mystery remains until the very end of the novel, which is, of course, stunning.

    I really like in this novel this psychological aspect about paranoia, amnesia, and other psychological pathologies presented in the book. It is always extremely interesting.

    I really loved this novel and would warmly recommand it to anyone who likes chills ! But don't read it alone in the house at night as I did...

To conclude

   5/5, frightening

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In English - Agatha Christie- Murder on the Orient-Express

   I owe an apology to the English-speaking people who still follow me (if there are still English-speaking people who follow this blog...). It has been a while since I haven't posted anything in English. So I am back with a classic by Agatha Christie.

Title: Murder on the Orient-Express
Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Crime novel
Year: 1934
Country: United Kingdom

Summary
    The great Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, staying in Instanbul, has to go back to London quickly. He therefore takes the famous and luxurious Orient-Express with his friend M.Bouc, who works at the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. One night, the train gets held up in the snow, and this night, an American, Mr. Ratchett, is stabbed. The murderer has to be one of the passengers. Poirot wants to solve the case. He soon finds some clues and hears of a young lady with a red silk dressing-gown. Some contradictions appear that make the case more and more complicated and Poirot has to use the power of his little grey cells...

My opinion
    I have read a lot of Agatha Christie's novels, and since this one is one of her most famous crime novels, I thought it was time for me to read it.
    I found what I like in crime novels in general: a tricky mystery, and a surprising solution. Of course the solution seems obvious when Poirot explains everything, and I guess this is why Agatha Christie truly deserves her nickname "the Queen of Crime". This is why this book is fascinating; you can't put it down.
   But what I like the most in Agatha Christie's novel is the humour and the self-mockery towards the English. She is exceptionally talented for sketching characters in a very funny way. Or at least, you will find it funny and amusing if you like British humour.
   This is why I can say I liked this novel, but it won't supplant in my heart the genuine Destination unknown and Endless Night.

To conclude
   4/5, a admirable crime novel filled with humour

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