![]() A later review, by Robert Barnard, felt the novel started well, but digressed as it found its way to the resolution, and “topples into hokum”. One reviewer was clear in saying that mystery novels were her strong suit and this type of novel was not, yet it was worth reading. Reviews at the time of publication in 1954-1955 found the novel timely, and clearly more fun for Mrs Christie to write than her usual mystery novels. Hilary is soon transported to meet her new "husband". She is asked to impersonate the wife of a nuclear scientist who has recently disappeared. She plans to commit suicide, but is instead recruited by the British secret service for a mission. The novel opens in Morocco, where Hilary Craven is staying after a failed marriage. The UK edition retailed at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6) and the US edition at $2.75. Destination Unknown is a work of spy fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1954 and in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1955 under the title of So Many Steps to Death.
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