The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 2)
Agatha Christie
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The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 2)
Agatha Christie
Now with a beautiful new series look, the iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie's classic mystery. It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple into their home to investigate. Amid rumors of scandal, she baits a clever trap to catch a ruthless killer.
Not a huge fan of mysteries but I own this and two other Agatha Christie books so i figured i better read them at some point. It’s ok this far. Nothing particularly gripping has happened so far but I am enjoying it.
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I've never really enjoyed mystery novels or movies, so it wasn't a huge surprise to me that I didn't enjoy this. The characters were interesting for the most part but at some points there are like 4 different policemen and their personalities are only vaguely different, so it was confusing to keep track of them. I lost interest like 50 pages in and didn't regain interest until the last like 40 pages. The ending was interesting but generally felt overly convoluted, which I feel like is generally the case in mystery books. I don't think the book was bad and I'm sure people who enjoy mysteries will enjoy this, but it was just generally not my cup of tea.
0The ableism? Not here for it. It was gross. Everything else, pretty good. I really enjoy how cavalier people are in Miss Marple books about murder. It's such a spectacle. It's like a sporting event that people get so excited for.
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