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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

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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

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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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Mar 30, 2017 John Frankham rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-detective, miss-marple-challenge

The fourth Miss Marple novel (1940) (although not published until much later).

"Newlywed Gwenda Reed travels ahead of her husband to find a home for them on the south coast of England. In a short time, she finds and buys Hillside, a large old house that feels just like home. She re-opens the view to the sea from the terrace and renovates with new bathrooms and improved kitchen, staying in a one-time nursery room while the work progresses. She puts off painting and wallpaper, though she forms a de ...more

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