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A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #9)

Agatha Christie

Start date: January 15, 2015

Finish date: February 15, 2015

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Jan 28, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, mysteries-thrillers-espionage, fiction-1960s, reviewed, fiction, british, 2017read

To recover from being ill, Miss Marple's generous nephew has paid for her to take a holiday at the Golden Palm Resort on the Caribbean island of St Honore. She is not really enjoying her stay. Marple half listens as long-winded Major Palgrave tells her stories from his past that he tells anyone who will listen. But when he asks if she would like to see a snapshot of a murderer, Major Palgrave now has Marple's full attention. However, Palgrave suddenly hides this photo back in his wallet when som ...more

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Jul 12, 2020 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: series, classic, travel, cozy-mistery, british, agatha-christie, twist, whodunit, popsugar-summer-2020

It's a decent Miss Marple's story, with a little bit of change from the usual St Mary Mead setting. This time, Miss Marple was on holiday in Caribbean island, but of course murders kept on following her wherever she goes :D

The characters in this story are pretty interesting, with an okay twist (although a bit predictable compare to other Marple's stories), and unusual resort setting that usually is more familiar to Poirot's stories.

What concerned me the most is the translation of the book. It is ...more

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