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Showing posts with label miss marple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miss marple. Show all posts
Saturday, 20 February 2021
Friday, 16 October 2020
The Murder at the Vicarage (Booktober)
"There is no detective in England equal to a spinster
lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands."
If you're going to be reading in October, or any fall month, really, there is absolutely no way to go by the Queen of Mystery. Agatha Christie may have given us Hercule Poirot - but she also gave us Jane Marple, a harmless little old lady with the sharpest wits you could ever imagine. Don't let her looks fool you! Be very wary. Something the rest of her small village isn't quite aware of in Murder at the Vicarage, the first novel we meet her in, in which she might be incapacitated by a hurt ankle, but that doesn't mean her powers of observation are moot. Give her binoculars, she'll give you the solution!
‘Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,’ declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ‘would be doing the world at large a favour!’ It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later – when the colonel was found shot dead in the clergyman’s study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.
(from Goodreads)
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Monday, 21 October 2019
Nemesis (Booktober)
"Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everlasting stream."
What is Booktober without the Queen of Mystery? If you want a good, quality murder, pick up any Agatha Christie book and you're bound to get just that. For my pick I chose one from her Miss Marple series, potentially my favourite with the willy old bird, Nemesis. The story of retracing the steps to an old, old crime - and finding the truth about what happened to a young girl who just wanted to love and be loved in return - is both harrowing and enchanting at once. Christie has a way with words that few authors have since managed to achieve.
But that doesn't mean you won't scratch your head as you read!
In utter disbelief, Jane Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr Rafiel - an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intruguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime - the ultimate crime - murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remain buried ...
(from Goodreads)
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