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“No,” said Miss Marple. “You believed what he said. It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.”

Gwenda arrives in England from New Zealand. She's been sent ahead by her husband to buy a home for them & after several days house-hunting, Gwenda happens upon the charming village of Dillmouth. There is a house there up for sale & it's perfect for Gwenda & husband, Giles, (continued)

I was able to finish listening to this one on the flight to Cairo.
I have to say this is one of the best Agatha Christie novels so far. Brenda thinks she is loosing her mind but instead she is just remembering things. Don‘t we come across dejavus as well? What memories might they be?

On the way to the airport… listening to another Agatha Christie story.

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She paused and said softly, “Poor Helen . . . Poor lovely Helen, who died young . . . You know, Giles, she isn‘t there anymore—in the house—in the hall. I could feel that yesterday before we left. There‘s just the house. And the house is fond of us. We can go back if we like. . . .”
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Yummy brain candy, just as I like it. If I've got the history straight, this book was originally written in the 40s but not published until the 70s and I think the development in the writing from entries earlier in the series shows. Marple is a more even presence rather than tacked on at the end, and the sleuthing/plot flows better. Maybe I just liked it more because I guessed the culprit before the end. 😏

⚠️racial slur, suicide, xenophobia

Oh for the days when having a house (actually being able to AFFORD a house) for ten or twelve YEARS meant you were 'restless'. 🤦🏼‍♂️...Who manages to measure anything in decades anymore?! 🤷🏼‍♂️

A great escape for me on these very hot days here in Perth. Published after Agatha‘s death . Hope you all are keeping cool or warm . 🌞☃️

My last Miss Marple mystery. It‘s a good one! Well, I really enjoyed them all. Making my way through all twelve, one each month (in publication order), has been a highlight of my reading year.

I especially liked this Miss Marple! I really took my time with this one, reading it over several weeks even though it‘s fairly short. And I got totally drawn into the mystery, even trying to guess the murderer, which I never bother to do since I‘m always wrong (don‘t worry I was still wrong 😆). I feel like this one would make a great stage play.

Settling in for #hyggehour with a cup of chai to read a few chapters of Miss Marple and the next essay on snow. #midwintersolace #naturalitsy

#hyggehugs I left a family Chanukah gathering early last night cause one of the kiddos came over with a fever and I‘m mildly immunocompromised. I‘ve decided to ignore my chores and spend all morning (maybe all day) on the couch with kitty, Dame Agatha, her ghost, and a pot of tea, in an effort not to come down with whatever she has. #midwintersolace #naturalitsy @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

I liked this one quite a bit! Fast moving, solid mystery (though I did guess it pretty early on), and great characters. How did she come up with so many unique perspectives? Happy New Year‘s Eve! I‘m getting one last book or 2 in, going for a black out #BooskpinBingo card! @TheAromaofBooks #Winter Readathon @Andrea_booknerd_Jones

Gwenda Reed stood, shivering a little, on the quayside.
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She paused and said softly, “Poor lovely Helen, who died young . . . You know, Giles, she isn‘t there anymore—in the house—in the hall. I could feel that yesterday before we left. There‘s just the house. And the house is fond of us. We can go back if we like. . . .”
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Gwenda Reed stood, shivering a little, on the quayside.
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My first review for a while! Hello, everyone!

I love this 80s-tastic cover.

I‘ve become a decided Marple Devotee. Her gentleness, strength, wit, courage, and kindness are all on display in this, her final appearance.

Completed the last novel in #ReadingMM (sigh, denial it's end ;o)

After reading her mysteries, I feel Miss Marple has led me through evils of people in her time. Plots have become predictable despite the twists.
3 & half ⭐⭐⭐ for this

Nonetheless, the company of Miss Marple makes her books a WIN for me. Will move on to the various short stories with the 'old pussy'

Still on track to finish 3 books for #NutsinMay just not the planned titles 😉

#ThoughtfulThursday
thanks @JoScho for tagging
Staycation to celebrate daughter's 21st last month was cancelled (her diploma grad as well) we kept changing birthday plans as situation was not improving then.

A Rescheduled concert

Shopping trips across Causeway poof'd as neighbouring country closed that border & here we were advised against non-essential travel.

📚 Tagged for #NutsinMay tho it wasn't on initial list😉

🍫 Enjoyed almond choc

Was looking up titles for #ReadYourSign when a #currentRead for #ReadingMM turned up (prompt - published in the year I was born ;)
Some great titles were published that year!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_in_literature

Incidentally that's the year Dame Christie passed away. That book was published posthumously, some 30 years after she had written it

I read this between April 26 & 39 and rated it 4.5 ⭐️. I have not been to keen on Miss Marple, largely because in the 2 or 3 stories, I‘ve read featuring her, she really does little to solve the crime and she didn‘t seem to be the feisty lady detective I was lead to believe she was. In this book, she is very active & feisty. This is one of my favourite Christie novels.

Genres: Mystery, Crime Fiction, Detective fiction
Start: April 13th,2020
End: April 27th,2020
Why: looked interesting
Summary: Gwenda moved into a new home, odd things started to happen. Her best efforts to modernise the house, she succeeded in dredging up the past. Worse, she felt an crazy sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs. Gwenda turns to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. can they solve a crime committed many years before?

This is my favourite Agatha Christie I've read so far! I loved the young couple Gwenda and Giles (the name of course reminded me of Buffy) and the course of the story was very twisty. I liked how it started out as a potential haunted house story and then veered into a cold murder case where the villain turned out to be a slut-shaming patriarch. Also, I think I am getting better at following the clues, because I guessed (correctly!) the murderer!

Last Miss Marple novel ✅
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Always love these stories!!

This was Miss Marple‘s last case. I kind of guessed who the killer was, but I have to admit, I loved the way it was written - the descriptions, dialogue, and suspense show a lot of growth from Ms. Marple‘s first case.

Finished all the Miss Marple books. Not a bad book, could make a good movie if done well. I'm hopeless at guessing whodunnit. I love reading them but I can never guess them.

We can go back if we like. . . .
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Gwenda Reed stood, shivering a little, on the quayside.
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Book - tagged. Movie - The Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (also a book by Raymond Chandler). Song - No Sleep Til Brooklyn - The Beastie Boys. #manicmonday

“It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.” Sage—if pessimistic—advice from Miss Marple in this, her last case. Miss Marple isn‘t as central to the action here, but she certainly helps guide our protagonists in the right direction. I enjoyed her advice and little nudges along the way, as well as the much more positive portrayal of women in this one. And I had suspicions of the murderer early on, but then I got misled!

A thrift shop treasure this time!

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As always Agatha Christie does not disappoint. The twist and turns and of course the unexpected ending, are the classic trademarks of an Agatha Christie novel. This is now one of my favorite novels written by her. I was so excited when I finished it. I‘m so excited for my next read. #SleepingMurder #AgathaChristie #MissMarple #book #books #bookyourself #bookunion #bookutopia #bookunicorn #bookunicorns #Mystery #Fiction #Crime #Classics 💘💘💘💘💘

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This was the 2nd book by Agatha Christie I read, only after And Then There Were None and I have to say that I was a "little" disappointed. Like the name suggests, it was about a sleeping murder, i.e., a murder that happened 18 years ago. But was that really a murder? Or was there nothing to investigate at all? Aah, you can read it out but I guess the other Christie novels would be better.?