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Sleeping Murder

Agatha Christie

Start date: April 1, 2017

Finish date: April 30, 2017

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Oct 24, 2015 BrokenTune rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed

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

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Apr 14, 2017 Leslie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, mysteries

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) ...more

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Apr 04, 2017 Jill rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: agatha-christie

Good story but I did actually guess the muderer in this one. Very unusual for that to happen with a Christie.

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Aug 14, 2017 Sandy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: xmiss-marple-challenge-2017

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.

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