Reviews
A 17yr old girls body is found early morning by a maid at gossington hall just a mile or so outside the infamous St Mary Mead, but no one knows who she is. Miss Marple is invited to investigate by her friend and resident Mrs Bantry, wife of a Colonel Banbury, owner of Gossington Hall.Although she puts in an early appearance at the crime scene, Miss Marple is rarely in the book, with almost all of the detective work carried out by Colonel Melchiot and Superintendent Harper and Miss Marple solving and summing it all up nicely at the end.This was the 2nd Miss Marple book written by Agatha Christie and she seems a more world weary; steely eyed, harsh Miss Marple than the kind old Grandma type we've come to know.' The truth is that most people, and I don't exclude policeman, are far too trusting for this wicked world. They believe what is told them. I never do. I'm afraid I always like to prove a thing for myself.'
I don't know what it is, but the Miss Marple books just don't really interest me. It's crazy because it's the same author as Poirot, whom I love, but I just don't feel the same about Marple.Marple's stories are boring and I'm not fond of her as a character, either. I just find myself checking out while listening to them. This story was okay, I guess, but it was boring. Again, not fond of the characters and the ending was lackluster.
Mrs. and Mr. Bantry wake up one day with the unthinkable news of the body of a dead girl lying in their library. Inquiries are made, people are interrogated, and theories are demolished. I don't want to get ahead on my review, but I think this is one of the best Christie's mysteries I have read (I still have around 80 to go). The plot was so intricate... Everything was thought up. And it was going to work out as intended if it wasn't for Miss Marple. I love how her knowledge of human nature helped the police once again catch the culprit. And what they made to prove it all is just... Wow 😅