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Guinness book of world records, record for least Miss Marple in a Miss Marple book.

The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4) by Agatha Christie

August 3, 2020 by narfna 1 Comment

This was fun, but it felt much less like a whodunit than I wanted it to, and Miss Marple came in late to the story even for Miss Marple. I think it may be a record of some sort, how little and how late she was in this book (and her parts were the best parts). Our narrator is actually Jerry Barton, a man who has moved to the small village of Lymstock on the advice of his doctor. Jerry is recovering from a plane […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: 1940s, agatha christie, miss marple, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant, the moving finger

narfna's CBR12 Review No:88 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: 1940s, agatha christie, miss marple, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant, the moving finger ·
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“Breakfast with the Borgias.”

A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie

December 30, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

This one was really good! I think it might be my favorite of the Miss Marple books I’ve read so far, which is about half of them. (Until now I liked A Murder is Announced the best, because it had so much of Miss Marple in it, but this one barely features her at all, and it was quite good, so who knows what my standards even are anymore.) This is one of her infamous nursery rhyme mysteries (I think she did three or four […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: a pocketful of rye, agatha christie, British, miss marple, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant

narfna's CBR11 Review No:144 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: a pocketful of rye, agatha christie, British, miss marple, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant ·
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“Scandal and tea at four-thirty.”

March 16, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

Good times with Miss Marple. I wish there would have been a bit more scenes with her, though. Maybe it’s just my own expectations of the role titular detectives should play in their own series, though. There is no written rule saying that the detectives must play the largest role in their books over other characters, it’s just what we’re used to. The vicar was a good pair of eyes to see this story through, after all. I admit it would be fun to see […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: agatha christie, British, Detective Fiction, miss marple, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant, the murder at the vicarage

narfna's CBR7 Review No:34 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: agatha christie, British, Detective Fiction, miss marple, mystery, narfna, richard e. grant, the murder at the vicarage ·
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