The Pale Horse

Name: The Pale Horse
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
Series: Ariadne Oliver
Length 6 hrs and 43 mins
Category: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
Release Date: 2012-07-02
Language: English

The Pale Horse is a gripping mystery thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. When Mark Easterbrook’s best friend and fellow antiques dealer, Nick Buckley, is found dead, Mark is determined to find out what happened. His investigation takes him to a remote village in Devon, where he meets the enigmatic Rachel Trethewy and her two equally mysterious sisters. It soon becomes clear that Nick’s death is just the tip of the iceberg, and that there is something far more sinister going on in the village. With Rachel’s help, Mark begins to piece together the puzzle, but the closer he gets to the truth, the more danger he finds himself in. The Pale Horse is a masterfully plotted thriller that will keep you hooked from beginning to end.

The Pale Horse is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1961. It is the last of her novels to be published under the name of Mary Westmacott.

The novel is set in the fictional village of Much Deeping in Essex, England, in the early 1960s. The village is being terrorized by a psychopath who is murdering people by poisoning them with thallium. The police are baffled, and the only clue they have is a mysterious painting of a pale horse that keeps turning up at the crime scenes.

Enter amateur sleuth Ariadne Oliver, who is asked to investigate the murders by her friend, Superintendent Tom Pearce. Oliver enlists the help of her friend, the novelist Dane Reid, and together they try to piece together the clues and solve the mystery.

The Pale Horse is a classic Christie mystery, with plenty of twists and turns to keep readers guessing until the very end.

Agatha Christie was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world’s longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and, under the pen name Mary Westmacott, wrote six romantic novels.

Christie’s stage plays include: The Mousetrap, And Then There Were None, Witness for the Prosecution, Spider’s Web, and Go Back for Murder.

The Pale Horse is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1961. The story revolves around a group of women who turn to a psychic for help in finding their missing loved ones. The psychic, however, may be more than she seems.

The Pale Horse is a well-written mystery with plenty of twists and turns. The characters are well-developed and the plot is engaging. The ending is a bit of a letdown, but overall, this is a solid mystery novel.

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