The Unexpected Guest

Story by Agatha Christie, Adapted as novel by Charles Osborne

實在跟agatha chrisite 太有緣了. 這本unexpected guest可是我在中三or中四年代買的(確實時間已經不記得了, 總之是很久遠之前), 書已發黃了....要說巧的是, 當年買的時候我是隨意挑的, 對agatha chrisite一丁點認識都沒有. 倒是最近上AC的website 知道有這樣的一本書, 才記起自己多年前已買過了. 上星期從櫃中找出來, 這本書才得以重見天日.
當年買書時只為迫自己多看英文, 最後只看過兩個chapter罷了. 十分可惜的是, 當年為了做book report, 竟挑了結局來看!!!結果知道誰是兇手啦!!!!! 以至現在重看時失去不少驚喜和樂趣了....可惜可惜.....
說說這個故事吧. 它原本是一部話劇的script, AC用四個星期便寫好了, 勁!!!! 現在看的是charles osborne 翻寫的小說, 但內容還是一樣的吸引.

Story DescriptionThe unlucky Michael Starkwedder runs his car into a ditch in dense fog. When he makes his way to an isolated house seeking for help, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, and with a gun in her hand. She admits to the stranger that she murdered her husband. But after hearing the poor lady's story, the unexpected guest decides to help her concoct a cover story...... But is it Laura, the poor wife, who commit the murder? Or is she shielding someone? Everybody in the house seems to have incentive to commit the murder. But who did it?
And about the murderer, the answer has already been revealed in the title: the unexpected guest. It is really surprising that when everybody believed that the murderer is among the family, but it was the stranger who commited the crime.