Endless Night

1 About this book

Gipsy's Acre is a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea and, for Michael Rogers, it stirs a child-like fantasy. He wants to settle there, amongst the dark fir trees. Yet, as he leaves the village, a shadow of menace hangs over the land. This is the place where accidents happen.

Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals' warnings: "There's no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy's Acre." The novel was adapted for the screen and released in 1972. It starred Hayley Mills and Britt Eklund. Agatha Christie was unhappy with the attempt to enliven the plot by infusing the movie with sexual scenes.

Both Christie and her husband claim in their respective autobiographies that the novel is among their favorites due to the "twisted" character who had a chance of turning good but instead chose evil. The book is dedicated to the author's relative Nora Prichard, who first told the author about a field called 'Gipsy's Acres' on the Welsh moors.

Good for readers who want: a mystery and short stories.

• Mystery
• Private investigators
• Murder
• Crime
• Mystery & detective, traditional
• Blessing and cursing
• Short stories
• Married people