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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

Agatha Christie

Start date: January 1, 2017

Finish date: January 31, 2017

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Jan 27, 2017 Adrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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2021 English Mysteries - Miss Marple Group Read
Having read this less than 4 years I was surprised at how little I remembered of the book. Is it age or just the fact that in the intervening years I have read a large number of detective mystery stories. I'm plumping for the latter option. 😊
This book, the first with Miss Marple, is set entirely within St Mary Mead, in fact the vast majority is within 100 yards of The Vicarage, and guess who happens to live next door ? Yes, thats right, the redoubt ...more

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Jun 28, 2015 Tania rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Still my favourite Marple.

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Jul 08, 2016 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Aug 26, 2020 Kara rated it really liked it

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Mar 04, 2017 Abrar Nasser rated it it was ok · review of another edition

The Murder at the Vicarage
Another novel by Agatha Christie. I've been a fan of Christie's novels for four years and I had never read a book that does not meet my high expectations.
Unfortunately, this book is different. It was a long book with slow events and it took me one month to finish it. Besides that, I believe that I personally prefer Poirot more than Marple and this novel is one of Marple's cases.
When it comes to Poirot, you follow him all around and observe the things and events aroun ...more

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Jan 20, 2017 Marcus Vinicius rated it it was amazing

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Knowing Mss. Marple
A murder history told in the first person by a Vicar. Lot of characters interacting in a good plot. One cannot grasp the answers till the end. Agatha Christie present Miss Marple to her readers. Such a clever woman!

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Jan 17, 2017 Kristin rated it liked it · review of another edition

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I've been trying to read more Agatha Christie. I've mostly read Poirot books so far with the exception of The Body in the Library which I loved!

For a Miss Marple book, there just wasn't enough Miss Marple. She was like a background character for most of the novel which I found annoying. Maybe it's because it's the first book? But if that is the reason, it's garbage. I did not want to spend nearly 400 pages reading about the vicar.

Of course I'm still planning to read more Miss Marple. Who doesn' ...more

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