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After a slow start, this novel picks up in an engaging way. Was there a murder? And how do you find out nearly 20 years later? Marple is present but rather in the background, as as guiding presence, with her down-to-earth, common sense logic. As always, I was fascinated how events can be interpreted in such different ways, and how by turning a little bit, the picture becomes totally different.
The wrong clothes clue really spoke to me and reminded me of Glaspell's A Jury of Her Peers where women ...more
The wrong clothes clue really spoke to me and reminded me of Glaspell's A Jury of Her Peers where women ...more
When Gwenda gets a sense that she is already familiar with her newly bought home, her déjà vu transforms into fear when she remembers seeing a dead woman below her.
Gwenda and her husband Giles meet Miss Marple, who reassures the young woman that she’s not losing her mind, and even suggests that Gwenda did see a dead woman in the house when she was very young. Gwenda and Giles begin digging into her past, and though the events happened 20 years earlier, they discover that her father was committe ...more
Gwenda and her husband Giles meet Miss Marple, who reassures the young woman that she’s not losing her mind, and even suggests that Gwenda did see a dead woman in the house when she was very young. Gwenda and Giles begin digging into her past, and though the events happened 20 years earlier, they discover that her father was committe ...more
The Geraldine McEwan adaptation of this is one of my faves in ITV's Miss Marple series, but I had forgotten a lot of the details! This was so much fun, lots of gallivanting about the country, things being slightly off, some great Christie-isms. And, yanno, the requisite amount of Weird About Women her books often contain (oh, Agatha!). A quick easy first read of the year. These audiobooks are so fun.
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One of my favorite characters in Christie's books is the plucky heroine. She is always calm, full of common sense, curiosity and a sense of adventure.
This book includes one of my favorite heroines and as she dredges the recesses of her mind for memories of her childhood, Miss Marple takes each clue and solves a baffling decades old mystery. ...more
This book includes one of my favorite heroines and as she dredges the recesses of her mind for memories of her childhood, Miss Marple takes each clue and solves a baffling decades old mystery. ...more
Oct 30, 2014
Navi
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2021
Susy
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Aug 11, 2023
Layton
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