A review by sharkybookshelf
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

3.0

On doctor’s orders to find a quiet place to recuperate from an accident, Jerry Burton moves to the tranquil village of Lymstock with his sister - but appearances are deceiving, with various villagers targeted by a series vicious anonymous letters, with fatal consequences…

Thus begins the second half of my SharkyReadsChristie project, and I hate to admit that I just wasn’t that wowed by this one. The solution was as clever as I’d expect (and so irritatingly obvious once revealed!), but for some reason I simply didn’t feel that invested in the story.

Maybe it’s that this is billed as a Miss Marple mystery but she doesn’t make an appearance until three-quarters of the way through, hardly does anything and her main contribution, though crucial, is entirely off-page. I’m not even a Miss Marple fan and found that rather underwhelming.

A clever, if slightly uninspiring, anonymous letter mystery.