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Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) by Agatha Christie
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By Susan · 16 posts · 17 views
last updated Oct 16, 2025 07:31AM
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Her words held all the pointed innuendo that elderly ladies are able to achieve with the minimum of actual statement.
I had low expectations for this one. Nemesis broke me. Nemesis was the book that obliterated any regards I may have harboured for Miss Marple.
It seems, however, that Sleeping Murder was written well before Nemesis, even if it was published last in the series, and that the Miss Marple of Sleeping Murder is not as annoying as her older self, yet.
As becomes clear at the end of this ...more
I had low expectations for this one. Nemesis broke me. Nemesis was the book that obliterated any regards I may have harboured for Miss Marple.
It seems, however, that Sleeping Murder was written well before Nemesis, even if it was published last in the series, and that the Miss Marple of Sleeping Murder is not as annoying as her older self, yet.
As becomes clear at the end of this ...more
Apr 14, 2017
Leslie
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This is one of my favorite Miss Marples and Rosemary Leach did a fine narration. Having read this several times before, I was able to appreciate how skillfully Christie gives you all the clues while misdirecting you! Only one place was there a slight flavor of 'cheating' (view spoiler)
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Good story but I did actually guess the muderer in this one. Very unusual for that to happen with a Christie.
Aug 14, 2017
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Gwenda and Giles move into a old house and Gwenda keeps having strange happenings in it. She wonders if it is haunted. Miss Marple steps and alleviates her fears and helps her solve the mystery. Fun read but rather predictable who the culprit is.
Apr 11, 2017
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Feb 03, 2014
Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard
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Nov 21, 2017
Custar
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Nov 10, 2018
Malta
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Nov 10, 2019
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