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Cannonballing with Agatha.

4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie

June 7, 2021 by narfna 14 Comments

I had a very good time with this one. Especially the beginning and ending. (The middle did get a bit squidgy.) The premise of this one has Miss Marple in it from the beginning, which is always nice, but even when that happens, she still takes a backseat in her own books. This time, it’s because she says she’s too old now to do her own footwork, so she enlists the services of Miss Lucy Eyelesbarrow to help her search for a body. The set […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: 4:50 from Paddington, agatha christie, British, crime, Detective Fiction, emilia fox, miss marple, mystery, narfna

narfna's CBR13 Review No:52 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: 4:50 from Paddington, agatha christie, British, crime, Detective Fiction, emilia fox, miss marple, mystery, narfna ·
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Views from a passing train

November 15, 2015 by Malin Leave a Comment

On her way by train to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas, Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy is shocked to realise that she’s witnessing a murder in the train running parallel. A tall, dark man in a dark coat is strangling a blond woman in a fur coat and there is nothing Mrs McGillicuddy can do. As soon as the train stops, she notifies the ticket inspector and the station master of what she saw, and when she arrives at Miss Marple’s, the two talk […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: 4:50 from Paddington, agatha christie, Audible, CBR7, christmas, Malin, mystery

Malin's CBR7 Review No:115 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: 4:50 from Paddington, agatha christie, Audible, CBR7, christmas, Malin, mystery ·
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