PUBLISHER: HarperCollins
GENRES: Mystery Books, Fiction Books
AUTHORS: Agatha Christie
PAGES: 320 pages
ISBN13: 9780007154906
TAGS: Mystery Books, Fiction Books, Free Books, PDF Books
LANGUAGE: en
TYPE: Digital
“Destination Unknown” is a thriller novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1954 under the title “So Many Steps to Death” in the United States. The story follows a woman named Hilary Craven, who is mourning the recent death of her young son and contemplating suicide. She is approached by a stranger with an unusual offer: to assume the identity of a terminally ill woman, Olive Betterton, who resembles her, in exchange for a large sum of money. Hilary accepts the offer and soon finds herself embroiled in a mysterious organization called “Destination Unknown,” which is involved in a global conspiracy.
As Hilary assumes Olive’s identity, she discovers that Olive was a member of a secret society planning to destabilize the world’s governments using a powerful new weapon. The organization’s leader, Jessop, is a charismatic but ruthless man who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Hilary, along with a journalist named Stafford Nye, travels to various locations across Europe and the Middle East, trying to uncover the truth behind Destination Unknown and prevent their catastrophic plans from coming to fruition.
The novel is a departure from Christie’s usual detective fiction, focusing more on espionage and political intrigue. It explores themes of identity, grief, and the nature of evil, with a plot full of twists and turns that keep the reader guessing until the very end.
