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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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Oct 16, 2017 Jan C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: gr-group-read, mystery, 2017, re-read, rtd-2017-missmarple-challenge

GR - QUIT ADDING BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I have read this multiple times. But you're adding editions that I did not read.

I love how Christie sets out Miss Marple's hobby: I study human nature. ...more

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Jan 07, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers-espionage, series, british, fiction, 2017read, reviewed, fiction-1930s

Too many years since I've read mysteries from this time period. Decided to re-read or read the mystery "classics." This is the first book in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series. In St. Mary Mead, Colonel Protheroe is found shot in the head in the Vicar's study. The Vicar in The Murder at the Vicarage actually plays a larger role as amateur sleuth with elderly, proper Miss Marple steadily growing in importance. She ultimately solves the crime. A much more sedate mystery compared to more recent i ...more

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Dec 27, 2019 Jan C rated it really liked it

Shelves: gr-group-read, 2019, rtd-christie-challenge, 2025

3/9/25

Still enjoyable. I had completely forgotten about the vicar's nephew, Dennis. Probably because he wasn't in the movie version I've seen.

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Always enjoyable. Nice introduction to Miss Marple. Narrated by the pastor or perhaps he is called a vicar (being as they live in a vicarage). Whoops! Auto-correct wanted them to live in a garage. ...more

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Mar 04, 2009 Laura Anne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, british-isles

4.5 stars 2024 Series Re-read: The quintessential murder-in-the-village novel. Rev Clement is our narrator, and I love his "voice” and his relationship with his wonderful wife Griselda. ...more

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