The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night Time, by Mark Haddon is a thriller published in the year 2003.
Christopher is a 15-year-old boy with autism and a big talent for mathematics. One night Christopher sees his neighbor’s dog, called Wellington stabbed with a garden fork laying on the ground. He likes the dog and walks across the street and hugs the dog. Suddenly his neighbor Mrs. Sheers steps outside and sees Christopher with Wellington. She blames him for killing the dog and calls the police.
Christopher decides to find out who murdered Wellington and writes a detective story: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Once his father finds out about his attempt, he takes his book away and tells him that he is not allowed to investigate anymore. Christopher ignores it and continues with his investigation. In the supermarket he meets his neighbour Mrs. Alexander. He is interested to find out more about Mr. Shears who left his wife and Christopher considers him as a potential suspect. Mrs. Alexander tells him that Mr. Shears and Christopher’s mother were having an affair, before she passed away.
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Shortly after that, Christopher’s father discovers that he was continuing with his investigation, is mad at him and hits him. While at work, Christopher looks for his book among his father’s belongings and finds letters from his mother sent from address in London, written a year and a half after her death. Once faced with the truth Christopher feels sick and cries. His father apologizes, telling Christopher he was only trying to protect him. His father tells him what has happened that night. After Christopher’s mother had left, his father had relationship with Mrs. Shears. That night he had an argument with her and the dog came after him. All the sudden all his feelings just came bubbling up, he lost control of himself and killed Wellington.
Terrified by the news of his father as a murderer, Christopher slips out of the house with his rat Toby while his father is asleep. He starts his journey to find his mother in London. His father alarmed the police and they try to catch him. At one point he loses Toby and follows him along the tube tracks, getting back onto the platform just before the train arrives.
I believe that this book is aimed at teachers, for the usage in a classroom because it is written in a simple language and is short. I would not recommend the book to those looking for a good thriller because it’s plot is not very good.
