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Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula in the purchase of a property in England; when he arrives, however, things are very different from what he expected. The locals seem fearful when he tells them where he is headed, and his journey there is strange and fraught with danger. When he arrives, he is welcomed by Count Dracula into his dilapidated castle — but Jonathan soon learns that getting out might be much harder than getting in. Back home in England, Jonathan’s fiancé, Mina, and her friend, Lucy, are beginning to worry about his lengthening silence. When a strange ship washes up into their harbour in the…
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Review: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
The orphaned Philip Ashley is brought up by his cousin, Ambrose, on his Cornish estate. The two form a strong bond, and when Ambrose’ health forces him to spend his winters in Europe, leaving Philip in charge of the estate, they both feel the separation sorely. One winter, Ambrose fails to return home from his trip to Italy, instead informing his heir that he has met and married Rachel, a distant relation of theirs. Strange and troubling letters from Ambrose soon begin to arrive, and Philip’s suspicions are aroused — he makes the journey to Italy, only to find that he is too late: Ambrose has died suddenly, and cousin…
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Review: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Linnet Ridgeway has everything — beauty, intelligence, and a large estate and fortune. Her friend Jackie, however, has fallen on bad times, and in order to marry her fiancé, Simon, who is also poor, Jackie begs Linnet to give him a job on her estate. However, things don’t go all to plan when Simon ends up marrying Linnet instead of Jackie… The great detective Hercule Poirot is taking a rare holiday in Egypt, when his cruise down the Nile coincides with the route of a couple on their honeymoon; but when a jealous ex shows up, it soon becomes evident that all is not well with the group. What’s more,…
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Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
One summer, eight strangers receive a mysterious invitation to spend a holiday on Soldier Island. They have nothing in common with one another— except that each has a dark secret lurking in their past. When they arrive at the island, they find things are not as they expected; their mysterious host and hostess are absent, and nobody— not even the staff, limited to a butler and his wife— have ever set eyes on them. To add to the mystery, there are copies of an ominous children’s rhyme framed in every room. On the very first night of their stay, things begin to go awry; dark secrets begin to surface, matters…
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