Destination Unknown - Agatha Christie

[Aben Razín]

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From Wikipedia:

Hilary Craven, a deserted wife and bereaved mother, is planning suicide in a Moroccan hotel, when she is asked by British secret agent Jessop to undertake a dangerous mission as an alternative to taking an overdose of sleeping pills. The task, which she accepts, is to impersonate a dying woman to help find the woman's husband, Thomas Betterton, a nuclear scientist who has disappeared and may have defected to the Soviet Union. Soon she finds herself in a group of travellers being transported to the unknown destination of the title.

The destination turns out to be a secret scientific research facility disguised as a modern leper colony and leprosy research center at a remote location in the Atlas Mountains. The fabulously wealthy Mr Aristides has built the facility and lured the world's best young scientists to it so that he can later sell their services back to the world's governments and corporations for a huge profit, after having removed the scientists' resistance through lobotomies. The scientists are not allowed to leave the facility, and they are locked in secret areas deep inside the mountain whenever government officials and other outsiders visit.

Hilary Craven successfully passes herself as Betterton's wife Olive, because he is miserable and wants desperately to escape. She falls in love with Andrew Peters, a handsome young American who was in the group with her on their journey to the facility.

Nowaday, I'm reading this novel to improve my English Level...

Here, I will write my opiniones in this thread,

[Aben Razín]

I've found this edition in the catalogue of the library, but in Spanish,

Agatha Christie, Destino desconocido, Barcelona, Molino, D.L., 1995. Traducción de C. Peraire del Molino, Colección: Selecciones de biblioteca Oro, 149. Tiene 238 páginas y el ISBN es 978 8427201494.

¡Perfect!,

[Larús]

Thanks for the thread Aben

Is it easy to read? I have never read anything by Christie in English

[Aben Razín]

Thanks for the thread Aben

For me, It's a pleasure, larousse

Is it easy to read? I have never read anything by Christie in English

In my opinion, I can follow the thread without difficulties, but It's a defiance for my English level,

Greetings,

[Aben Razín]

Finished.

In my opinion, this Agatha Christie's novel is very different than other ones. The story includes a spy's action and a murder's case but the characters disguise the real personality, as usual. In this case, Hercule Poirot doesn't appear and another polices try to discover the interesting thread. In fact, all the characters don't show their truth. I think that it's very typical of the Agatha Christie's novels.

I like suggeting this novel, because it's very entertaining!!,

Greetings,

[happykent]

Finished.

In my opinion, this Agatha Christie's novel is very different than other ones. The story includes a spy's action and a murder's case but the characters disguise the real personality, as usual. In this case, Hercule Poirot doesn't appear and another polices try to discover the interesting thread. In fact, all the characters don't show their truth. I think that it's very typical of the Agatha Christie's novels.

I like suggeting this novel, because it's very entertaining!!,

Thanks for your recommendation Aben

[Aben Razín]

Thanks for your recommendation Aben

It's a pleasure for me, happykent!

[Megan]

I read it several times many years ago and was one of the novels of Agatha that I loved.
Really recommended, Hilaria character is excellent.

Thank you for opening the thread Aben

[Aben Razín]

Thank you for opening the thread Aben

That's all and thanks for your compliment, Megan!