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This is my first Miss Marple by A.C. I thought the book was okay, engrossing enough, but the characters lack the development that they have in the other novels I've read by her. Also, Miss Marple herself was in maybe ten pages of the entire book. Very odd.

s2catarina's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

readingparalegal4122's review

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funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

jessyly's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A fun mystery where I thought I’d figured it out early on but Christie got me again. Marple doesn’t show up until about ⅔ of the way through, but lots of village characters leading up to that.

karenholmes's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a fun and quick read, a keen analysis of a small town England and a great Agatha story. I wasn't aware it was a Miss Marple because she doesn't get to appear up until the third part of the book when all the characters are so messed up the Reverend's wife needs to call for an expert and she chooses Miss Marple to untagle it all. And she does, all right.
I loved the dynamic of the characters and even though some things I guessed, others I was at total loss. Agatha is so good at pointing fingers at everyone and giving them motives and at the same time telling you they couldn't be.
In this case, after a whole town recieves anonymous letters a woman kills herself after one false accusation. Everyone thinks it's suicide but then a maid is found dead. And she had seen something she wanted to tell another maid...

gabbybooks91's review against another edition

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4.0

Creo que hasta el momento es el mejor libro que he leído en este año. Está escrito de una manera sencilla pero que te atrapa desde el inicio; la trama es tan adictiva que el tiempo se te pasa como agua entre los dedos. Nunca había leído nada de esta autora y sin embargo este libro me hizo tener mucho interés por leer más obras de ella.

El único pero que le encuentro es que el último capítulo y medio fue muy abrupto…en un abrir y cerrar de ojos ya tenías la culpable. No me dejaron “saborear” un poco más la trama.

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