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A review by thereadingmum
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
3.5
Murder at the Vicarage was the very first Christie I ever read and I fell in love with her writing and the cosy murder mystery genre because of this book. Yet it's not my favourite of her extensive ouvre. Here's why:
1. Almost all the males are ineffective. Inspector Slakk is rather obnoxiusly so.
2. Miss Marple comes across as very feathery and I hate how she's always apologising.
The mystery itself was good and the use of all the village biddies to introduce red herrings was clever and thematic.
I will say that I enjoyed this more than Mr Osman's debut popular seniors' murder mystery and preferred Jane to Elizabeth.
1. Almost all the males are ineffective. Inspector Slakk is rather obnoxiusly so.
2. Miss Marple comes across as very feathery and I hate how she's always apologising.
The mystery itself was good and the use of all the village biddies to introduce red herrings was clever and thematic.
I will say that I enjoyed this more than Mr Osman's debut popular seniors' murder mystery and preferred Jane to Elizabeth.