Neha's Notebook

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie Love is a beautiful feeling. It makes the world appear bright and all things sweet. But many a times, love can turn out to be dangerous, especially if it involves a love triangle. Just as in this novel titled, “Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie. This book reveals the story in which a romance triangle led to three brutal murders one after the other. The chain of events in the story goes like this. A woman named Linnet Ridgeway is the heiress of a wealthy household of England. She is a lovely lady, who has everything – looks, money, fame, a business mind, and what not. This usually makes her the object of people’s envy, enemity and resentment. One day her best friend Jacqueline de Bellefort comes to visit her. Unlike Linnet, Jackie is not rich. Jackie is in love with a man named Simon Doyle. They are planning to get married. But before they do, Jackie visits her friend Linnet to ask her to give Simon a job. However, when Linn

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an illustrated journal that a character named Greg Heffley maintains, for recording his everyday experiences. Greg is a school boy who studies in seventh grade. He lives with his family which includes both of his parents, his elder brother Rodrick and his younger brother Manny. In his daily journal entries, Greg captures experiences from his life at home, at school, in his neighborhood, with his relatives and his friends. In these entries, he also shares plethora of life lessons that he learns as he approaches his adolescent years. The book unfolds into a series of instances that Greg writes about, that are light-hearted and often, hilarious. The book is written in first person and is unputdownable due to its perfect comic timing and so many relatable scenes. It is difficult to describe the entire book in a summarized story, because the book is penned down in a series of several little-little stories.

The Adventure of the Cardboard Box by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is a short story penned by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is written in a straightforward tone and most of the mystery unfolds during the time of its investigation. The plot of mystery in this story is mainly depicted in the narrative of thinking that Detective Sherlock Holmes presents when he encountered the clues. It is only the description of his thought process in which most of the mystery is shown to be solved in the story. The story goes something like this. A retired woman named Mrs. Susan Cushing, who lives in Croydon, receives a parcel containing a yellow cardboard box packed in brown paper. Inside the box are two raw ears freshly cut off from two human bodies, lying inside a mound of coarse salt. The parcel was sent from the city of Belfast, yet its owner remains uncovered by the authorities. The case goes under the investigation of Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard who

The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson It is usually a dim daze and a call to adventure that makes a mystery exciting. The House of a Thousand Candles is a classic mystery thriller that has all the elements of a good, immersive mystery. The book was originally published in 1906 and has been made into movies twice since then. The story of the novel goes like this. A witty young man named Jack Glenarm has squandered all of his father’s money in his travels and wanderings. It is the month of October, when he receives a call through which he is informed that his grandfather had passed away in the month of June. A lawyer named Arthur Pickering calls Jack to read to him the will of his grandfather John Glenarm, who was a rich man. He tells Jack that his grandfather entrusted him with the will and he was a loyal friend of him. But Jack doesn’t seem to trust Pickering, who was also one of his schooltime friends. According to the will, young Glenarm will rec