This was a great book, and I can see why both the 1980s and the 2000s television adaptations chose to use this as the introductory story.Īs I mentioned above, both the 1980s and the 2000s shows chose this book at the first episode and this is the first time I have had a clear favorite between the two. Miss Marple is in full (sitting and knitting) force here, and I loved her common sense, clever deductions as well as her clear morality. There is a rather wonderful wannabe young sleuth, some great bait and switch plot-lines and a lot of intricacies dealing with female appearances that made for great armchair sleuthing. Who is she? How did she get there? Can Miss Marple solve the mystery before Colonel Bantry is ostracized?Įventually, the story leads to a seaside resort and an odd hodge-podge family that has plenty of secrets. This book is the story of Miss Marple’s friends who wake to find the body of an unknown woman on their library floor.
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