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I'd read and enjoyed one other Agatha Christie novel this year, and needed an entertaining audio book, so I thought I'd give this one a try. I can't say it disappointed. The mystery was intricately plotted, and once again Christie tricked me, so I didn't realize who'd actually done it until the final reveal. I lay part of that blame on Georgette Heyer, though, whose novel The Unfinished Clue utilized A LOT of the same character builds and relationships, as well as the method and manner of death.
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Popsugar 2019 Reading Challenge: A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent
Yes, I did go for the obvious one on this challenge item.
I feel this hasn't held up as well as some other Christies, partly because so many ingredients have either become a cliche of the mystery genre and also because she reused many of them herself. The solution crossed my mind almost immediately, because I remember reading a short story with a similar solution. I also figured out the answers to mo ...more
Yes, I did go for the obvious one on this challenge item.
I feel this hasn't held up as well as some other Christies, partly because so many ingredients have either become a cliche of the mystery genre and also because she reused many of them herself. The solution crossed my mind almost immediately, because I remember reading a short story with a similar solution. I also figured out the answers to mo ...more
This is the first Agatha Christie I’ve read in full, rather than listen to the BBC audio production. Right from the start, you are reminded that Christie is a master. The best way to describe her story-telling is "effortless". You’re instantly pulled into the story, and charmed by her characters, from the vicar’s unusual wife to the Colonel’s spoiled and shallow daughter, to the visiting artist, to the overly observant elderly ladies of the village. This is the first Miss Marple mystery, but she
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Second Goodreads reading: July 24, 2013 - Dell paperback
I absolutely love this novel. I love the narrator, a vicar, and all of the language of this novel. I have to say, if you really want a good experience, you should read through Barbara Pym's novels and then read this. Because that's just a whole other layer of experience and understanding of some of these things.
I love how the mystery is not easy to make out, but there still are enough clues and such that it doesn't feel like it is out of no ...more
I absolutely love this novel. I love the narrator, a vicar, and all of the language of this novel. I have to say, if you really want a good experience, you should read through Barbara Pym's novels and then read this. Because that's just a whole other layer of experience and understanding of some of these things.
I love how the mystery is not easy to make out, but there still are enough clues and such that it doesn't feel like it is out of no ...more
This was my first Miss Marple book that I have read. I thought it was a good book. I don't know what I was expecting, but when you hear that a book is Miss Marple, (view spoiler) But overall I did enjoy it and plan on read more.
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