The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572703253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 525 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in ov
Pretty Good, And More Marple Than the 1st Book illiandantic Agatha Christie's "The Body in the Library" is the second book in her Miss Marple Mysteries. The mystery and writing are interesting and the book fixes many of the issues I had with the first book. Specifically, there's more Miss Marple here and the book actually reads like a mystery. In the first book, she was almost non-existent and the text read like a description of life in a small town. In th. Two young women are dead and the police are baffled. Send for Miss Marple! During Agatha Christie's Edwardian childhood, there were no "play schools" and play dates." Poor children played in the streets with other kids and some wealthier ones had a large family of siblings. But Christie's brother and sister were much older and she spent most of her childhood with her nanny or with her grandmothers. She was fascinated by the conversations between her grandmothers and thei. Read it for the enjoyment, not so much the mystery This was one that I remembered almost all of the details of from the last time I got on a Christie kick. And it was still fun to read. Managed to feel surprising even though I remembered so many details, including the murderer, the motive, how it was proved, etc. Could watch how she built it up, knowing what throwaway lines early in the book were actually significant, and really enjoy the whole th
Can Miss Marple's sharp eyes find the motive, the truth, and the killer?. The dead young woman is soon identified as Ruby Keene, a dance hostess at a hotel. One morning, Colonel and Dolly Bantry are awakened by their maid and informed that there is a body in the library! They immediately call the authorities and their dear old friend Miss Jane Marple
This tale possesses depth, passion, sex, surprise, indescribable tragedy, greed, unforgettable characters and Miss Marple's blunt-talking pal, Dolly Bantry. …Riveting. -- USA Today