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The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)

Agatha Christie

Start date: April 1, 2025

Finish date: April 30, 2025

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Feb 04, 2017 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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The body of a young woman is found in Colonel Bantry's library. Mrs Bantry immediately sends for her friend Miss Jane Marple and the Colonel sends for the police. It seems the victim is working temporarily at the Majestic Hotel as a dancer and has inveigled her way into the affections of one of the guests to the extent that Mr Jefferson wants to legally adopt her.

This is of course means there are plenty of people who might have wanted Ruby dead including her fellow workers at the Majestic and Co ...more

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Feb 03, 2017 Jill rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Just finished this book and I am so glad I read the short stories or I would have thought Miss Marples had, had a personality transplant between this book and Murder at the Vicarage. Although she keeps quite a low profile in this one, she does come into her own, taking some physical activity in this.

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Dec 27, 2015 Sawako rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I am a fan of Agatha Christie's books. This is my first book to read from Miss Marple's series. I enjoyed reading it. I like Mrs Bantry's and Conway Jefferson's character. And of course, Miss Marple. I enjoyed her village parallels. It tells you that "Human nature is very much the same anywhere".

I totally agree with Penguin Readers "What is unusual about The Body in the Library is that there are nearly as many detectives, amateur and professional, as there are suspects." But the only one who re ...more

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Jan 07, 2021 Dipanjan rated it really liked it

The Body In The Library is the 3rd book featuring Miss Marple. It's a lighthearted mystery and a classic whodunnit in the classic Agatha Christie style.

It’s 7am, and the Bantry household wakes to find the body of a young girl they don’t know in their library. Shocked by this turn of events that seems so like a detective story, Mrs. Bantry calls in her close friend Miss Marple to help the police investigate and solve the mystery before gossip starts to harm her family’s standing in the village.

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Oct 09, 2018 Becky rated it liked it

A classic Marple, comforting and interesting.

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Mar 10, 2018 Pranit rated it really liked it

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Yet another Miss Marple. I didn’t expect the final revelation the way it described in the book. Without giving any spoilers, I would like to say that I love stories with double bluff!

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