I've always been drawn to solvable puzzles. Crosswords - yes. Wordsearch - yes. Agatha Christie - yes, yes. Not that I can solve Agatha Christie plots, but I can remember them.
Sometimes this year has felt like being inside a thriller, but not one we can yet solve. So, meantime, my holiday reading is thrilling.
Sleep by C L Taylor fits the bill, and I must confess that I finally clicked Add to Basket when I read the review which likened it to a Christie tale. Others have described it as creepy, tense and pacy, with a mouth-drop twist.
I haven't got to the end yet, but I am gripped. I read it in daylight - wimp - and although the temperature today was in the 70s, I could feel that Scottish damp chill as the suspects ran out of heating oil in their isolated island hotel. Gotcha!
I am also listening to Death on the Nile on Audible as I try to get to sleep. The sleep timer on Audible is a gift to the insomniac. I fall asleep as a mystery soup of Simon Doyle, Linnet Ridgeway, Jackie De Bellfort, Joanna Southwood, Tim Allerton, Louis, Fleetwood and Dr Bressner lie and conceal their truths. I can sleep knowing that Hercule Poirot is on the case. That famous Belgian detective will ensure it all comes good in the end, no matter how unsolvable it seems. And maybe that's the timeless appeal of the thriller - knowing that the end of the book brings a solution.
I can't wait for that mouth-dropping ending of Sleep.
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