Paperback, 160 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 1965 by Pocket Books, a Simon and Schuster.
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cold cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is her connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys turn to Miss Marple to solve the mystery.
Igual no la he leído en buen momento, pero a pesar de ser corta me ha costado terminarla. Me han aburrido un poco sus misterios de asesinatos de pueblo entre gente con dinero y tacitas de té. #literatura #ficción
I’d read that one before but needed to remind me again. Hadn’t quite sure who’d done it but close enough with the deceits.
Another classic Christie and Miss Marple murder mystery.
This was not one of Agatha's best. Although I have to say, it was a quick eye-candy read ~ a little bit of mystery not enough of Miss Marple, and a light speed-read.
Embarrassed to say I've never read an Agatha Christie novel. But since there are 80 of them and everyone I've spoken to says one is pretty much the same as the next, why not start here?
I didn't guess who the murder was. I was a little said there wasn't more Ms. Marple because the novel coasted brilliantly when she was onscreen. But mostly I was impressed as hell and how much ground AG covers in just 160 pages. A dozen main characters, a setting real enough to touch, a detective I'd follow into hell. It didn't change my life or even leave much to chew on. But I want to read more. From across an ocean and about 80 years of history. That's saying something.
One of my favorite Agatha Christies and one of the very first Miss Marples I ever read. The novel starts off with Mrs Bantry being awakened by a hysterical maid informs her that there is a body in the library. Colonel Bantry goes downstairs and learns that there really is a body in the library. The dead girl - for she is very young - has bleached blonde hair, heavy makeup, and painted nails, and is wearing a gaudy, but cheap and old gown. She looks very out of place in the colonel's warm, old-fashioned library. No one recognizes the victim. She is definitely not from the area. Mrs Bantry has more faith in her old friend, Miss Marple, that she does the local police - and with good reason. Miss Marple suggests a likely suspects - the arrogant and deeply unpleasant Basil Blake, son of an old friend of …
One of my favorite Agatha Christies and one of the very first Miss Marples I ever read. The novel starts off with Mrs Bantry being awakened by a hysterical maid informs her that there is a body in the library. Colonel Bantry goes downstairs and learns that there really is a body in the library. The dead girl - for she is very young - has bleached blonde hair, heavy makeup, and painted nails, and is wearing a gaudy, but cheap and old gown. She looks very out of place in the colonel's warm, old-fashioned library. No one recognizes the victim. She is definitely not from the area. Mrs Bantry has more faith in her old friend, Miss Marple, that she does the local police - and with good reason. Miss Marple suggests a likely suspects - the arrogant and deeply unpleasant Basil Blake, son of an old friend of Mrs Bantry's. He works in show business in a minor role behind the scenes and he has been seen with a platinum blonde. I won't spoil the rest of the story, but suffice it to say that things aren't what they seem in more ways than one.
