#19 in Spy & espionage
Destination Unknown
- 214
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Destination Unknown” is an entertaining Agatha Christie spy adventure, rooted in the political climate of the 1950s. For some readers it is tense and intriguing, with philosophical conversations between escapes that feel true to their time, even if the characters come across as flat. Others find the plot far-fetched or the book weighed down by filler. At a little over two hundred pages, it can be finished in one sitting.
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About the book
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. The UK edition retailed at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6) and the US edition at $2.75.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 53 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Spy & espionage average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 11 | 21% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 42 | 79% |
Frequently asked
How long is Destination Unknown?
It has 214 pages — shorter than 96% of the ranked books in Spy & espionage.
In this book
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