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At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
Partway through reading this, I realized I had actually seen a dramatization of this story several years ago, so the ending was not a surprise to me.
Miss Marple comes to Bertram's Hotel, and soon gets a sense that something is off there. There is a colourful cast of characters staying at the hotel, coupled with robberies worrying Scotland Yard (one of which occurs on a train during the story). Miss Marple twitters and knits, and all the while keeps her eyes on the proceedings. An inspector does the plodding, but he does ask her for help.
I don't think this was one of Agatha Christie's strongest stories (though I did still enjoy it.) When the murder finally occurred, late in the story's action, I almost forgot someone had been killed, and actually found it hard to care as the person had had such a small role in the story. I felt that bumping this person off was almost unneeded, considering all the other shenanigans going on at the hotel.
Miss Marple comes to Bertram's Hotel, and soon gets a sense that something is off there. There is a colourful cast of characters staying at the hotel, coupled with robberies worrying Scotland Yard (one of which occurs on a train during the story). Miss Marple twitters and knits, and all the while keeps her eyes on the proceedings. An inspector does the plodding, but he does ask her for help.
I don't think this was one of Agatha Christie's strongest stories (though I did still enjoy it.) When the murder finally occurred, late in the story's action, I almost forgot someone had been killed, and actually found it hard to care as the person had had such a small role in the story. I felt that bumping this person off was almost unneeded, considering all the other shenanigans going on at the hotel.