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Unexpected Guest
Unexpected Guest: a Play | Agatha Christie
14 posts | 29 read | 21 to read
Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. Like Virginia Woolf did in Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.
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Julsmarshall
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Mehso-so

This one was a solid mystery but I didn‘t like how the child with a learning delay was portrayed as the obvious murderer. Or the use of the r-word. Christie is so good but also solidly problematic. I did like that the #audio version was a radio play. #BookspinBingo #JoyousJanuary @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 10mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 Not one I have read. 10mo
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BriannaT
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Pickpick

So - the book itself was good even if I figured out the ending, and it was a nice light read. I‘m just so happy because I finished it - this marks the 50th book I read this year, which was my yearly goal! I was in such a depression for most of last year that I just couldn‘t pick up a book. I didn‘t hit the 50 I wanted to; I don‘t think I made it to 30. I‘m in such a better place now, and I‘m so glad I‘ve come so far!

Aims42 Congratulations on your reading milestone!! 🥳🤩👏 2y
BriannaT @Aims42 thank you! 2y
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catsuit_mango
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Something light to read today, a poor night and not feeling great

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EadieB
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Day 9 - #Unexpected #ForeverRemember
#TheUnexpectedGuest #AgathaChristie #CharlesOsborn

This book was a play written by Agatha Christie but adapted into a book by Charles Osborn.

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Jaimelire
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Pickpick

This was originally written as a play. It makes an interesting short novel. I didn‘t figure it all out until the end. Perfect read if you need a short hit of mystery in your life but don‘t want to commit to a longer novel.

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kristincatastrophic
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Pickpick

Hooray, I finally found a mystery I didn't solve in the first quarter of the book! I didn't solve it at all. The twist was actually a twist. My mom says she's never seen anyone so happy to be "not as smart as they thought they were." Maybe it's strange but it doesn't matter, I'm happy!

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Ava_Weasley
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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This #FiveStack is some of the most valuable books I own as they were all gifts. The Circus Collection book and Little Women are really special to me as one was my mom's childhood copy and the other was my mom's favourite childhood book and she found it on Amazon after a lot of searching.

#ReadingResolutions @Jess7

Leftcoastzen It‘s so nice to have a collection tied to good family memories. 7y
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bobregina
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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Pickpick

Originally a play, the end of this story blowed my mind! I was expecting everything, but this. Agatha keeps on surprising me 👑 🇮🇪

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KnjiskiZmaj
Unexpected Guest: a Play | Agatha Christie
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Nobody tagged me, but I'm gonna do it anyway 😅
Here are my #5fordinner
1.J.K. Rowling
2. Agatha Christie
3. Jo Nesbø
4. J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Marija Jurić Zagorka. Croatian writer, journalist and feminist. Wrote amazing historical fiction novels. Admire her work, especially The Grich Witch cycle. You should check it out 😍
Let's see your guests for dinner @JazzFeathers and @sprainedbrain 🤓

KCorter ...and you didn't invite me, but I would totally crash that dinner party! 😉 7y
JazzFeathers Well, that's an interesing company. And l see we'll have to fight for a couple of guests 😉 7y
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Elizabeth2
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
Pickpick

This is a play by Agatha Christie that was adapted to a novel. It's short, at just under 200 pages, and a very quick read. The setting is very descriptive, as are the movements of the characters, so the reader almost feels as if they are watching actors on stage. I really enjoyed this read.

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Elizabeth2
The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie
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A good who done it, up next!

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theshrinkette
Unexpected Guest: a Play | Agatha Christie
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I lived in Oak Park about 200 ft from this bookstore during my last month in Chicago. The staff started recognizing me pretty quickly. #getindie