The Body in the Library
Ratings6
Average rating3.8
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Ratings6
Average rating3.8
When the Bantrys wake to find the body of a beautiful, young stranger in their library, Dolly Bantry knows there's only one person to call : her old friend Miss Marple. Who was the young girl ? What was she doing in the library ? And is there a connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry ? Miss Marple must solve the mystery, before tongues start to wag and the murderer strikes again.
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Enjoyable little story. I didn't guess the killer. I still don't find Miss Marple herself all that likable.
This was the first Agatha Christie book I ever read and m now 30 years later I returned to it. There was definitely some nostalgia at the beginning of the book, but then I was drawn in to the story. I was surprised by the solution and by the way Miss Marple investigated. I am impressed with the way the mystery holds up after all this time. I can see this reread setting me on a path of reading Christie books just like it did 30 years ago.
The ableism? Not here for it. It was gross. Everything else, pretty good. I really enjoy how cavalier people are in Miss Marple books about murder. It's such a spectacle. It's like a sporting event that people get so excited for.
