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Another book featuring Miss Marple where her appearance is really only a cameo in the closing chapters. Anonymous letters and murder are the name of the game along with plenty of romance. I love Christie's plotting and solutions but there are many better than this
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Like Agatha Christie herself, I consider this book one of my favorites among all the ones she wrote. I can't say why I like it without giving a spoiler but in my opinion, the solution for this mystery was simply brilliant.
Martin Jarvis (the narrator) did a good job portraying both the humor and the sinister atmosphere that sometimes prevailed. I thought his voice was a bit too old for Jerry's (who's basically the main character) but then his voice grew on me. His portrayal of Miss Marple was a b ...more
Martin Jarvis (the narrator) did a good job portraying both the humor and the sinister atmosphere that sometimes prevailed. I thought his voice was a bit too old for Jerry's (who's basically the main character) but then his voice grew on me. His portrayal of Miss Marple was a b ...more
Barely any Marple, but still a great story. Moral of the story, there's at least one crazed murderer in each and every small British village. Every cop should just have Jane Marple on his speed dial.
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Nice. Last time I read a story the narrator dunnit. This time fortunately, the characters I liked were all spared.
Lymstock-your average small country village. Good for rest and relaxation. Gossip consists of mostly who's ill and who's sweet on whom. But a series of Poison Pen letters disrupts all that, and when a suicide and then a murder follows, only Miss Marple can figure it all out... ...more
Lymstock-your average small country village. Good for rest and relaxation. Gossip consists of mostly who's ill and who's sweet on whom. But a series of Poison Pen letters disrupts all that, and when a suicide and then a murder follows, only Miss Marple can figure it all out... ...more
Hmmm, a Christie that I didn't actually like. Richard E. Grant does a great job with the audiobook but this one just didn't engage me. I'm usually a sucker for the young couple romance in Christie's books but I found this one a little skeevy.
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Aug 20, 2009
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Feb 14, 2011
Heather (DeathByBook)
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Elizabeth Stultz
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Dec 16, 2021
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