Every word is utilised and nothing is wasted. And sometimes we all need a bit of polite company and delicacy especially when it is framed by murder. On a dull day there is nothing finer than curling up with one of these. If you don't already know, Miss Marple books are my comfort. The characters are great - an aggrieved parsimonious daughter, a flamboyant actor, a new married spoilt heiress and Jane's friend, who is cosseted by her family but knows exactly what is going on. Activities are compared and psychologically analysed leading to more insightful wisdom from Miss Marple.
It is usually the butcher's boy, a quiet neighbour or a sly housemaid.
Miss Marple is a keen observer of human behaviour and misses nothing! All of the behaviour by the family at Stoneygates is usually compared to someone living in Miss Marple's village, St Mary Mead. A scene takes place when one of the guests attempts to shoot the owner and misses, but then one of the other guests turns up dead, shot at the same time.įor me, it is all of the little details. She has been tipped off that something is not quite right there and that her friend, who is married to the man in charge of Stoneygates, may be in danger.
Miss Marple visits an old friend at Stoneygates, a rehabilitation centre for junior delinquents. I racked my brains, checked the bookshelves and in a last ditch attempt checked audible in case I had listened to it as an audio book. I do not know if it is the sunshine that has addled my mind but I spent most of this novel trying to remember if I had read it before.
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