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A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)

Agatha Christie

Start date: October 1, 2025

Finish date: October 31, 2025

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Feb 25, 2019 Kelly Furniss rated it it was amazing

I really enjoyed this old fashioned murder mystery picked a group read.
There was many characters to keep track of but it was a great plot with a good twist.
Miss Marple and her observant eye kept the intrigue going accumulating in a good finish.

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Dec 02, 2017 Jan C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017, mystery, rtd-2017-missmarple-challenge, england

Hadn't realized I had forgotten to add this book.

This is one of my favorites.

There is an announcement in the paper that "there will be a murder tonight!" Miss Blacklock finds she has to prepare for guests to drop in. She has a friend and three youngsters (20-somethings) living with her. The guests include a retired colonel and his wife, the vicar's wife (he had to write a sermon), a widow and her son (who has a case on one of the 20-somethings), two women who have a pig farm. She is really pack ...more

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May 08, 2015 Teri-K rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: old-favorites, zz-2023-bought, mystery-golden-age, senior-citizen-mcs, z-permanent-bookshelf

This is one of my favorite Miss Marples, which makes it a favorite Christie over all. I love the small rural setting and the group of people who know each other very well - or do they? I always remember who did it but it doesn't matter because the strength of the story lies in the characters - though few first time readers will guess the perpetrator or motive.

NB - I'm not a big fan of the audio narrated by Emilia Fox. She makes Bunch sound really weird, inhuman even. And I think Bunch is a fun, ...more

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Jan 07, 2025 Jessica-Robyn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-crime, historical-fiction, cozy-vibes

A Murder is Announced is a solid mystery that unfortunately suffered for me because I had just watched the Marple edition prior to reading it. Going in blind is a much better idea! Still an enjoyable story with good twists. I think writing wise that it could have been shorter and the number of characters were sometimes hard to keep track of. The audiobook edition that I listened to really helped me stay on track of who is who and was engaging to listen to.

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