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At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple, #10)

Agatha Christie

Start date: September 1, 2017

Finish date: September 30, 2017

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Feb 24, 2018 Susan in NC rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, favorites, library-book, my-library, currently-re-reading, kindle, reread

4/2024: Just started my reread last night, reading along with Stephanie Cole’s beautiful, pitch-perfect narration, and upped to 5 stars based on first chapter! I just watched my copy of the Joan Hickson tv version from decades ago, I think the 80s, but she will always be Marple to me!

Anyway, it’s one of my favorite episodes in the collection, but I barely remember the book. Sinking in to that fascinating first chapter, from a guest’s POV as he chats with old friends on his way to the front desk ...more

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Jan 28, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers-espionage, british, series, 2017read, fiction, reviewed, fiction-1960s

Elderly Miss Marple is treated to a stay in London at the Bertram Hotel by her nephew. Bertram's is a place she stayed in her youth. She is surprised and pleased to find it still exists and is still exactly like it was so very long ago. This seems too good to be true. At Bertram's, Miss Marple engages in her people watching and eavesdropping of other hotel guests (how can she resist) when she notices some disturbing behavior by famous daredevil Bess Sedgwick, Sedgwick's daughter Elvira Blake who ...more

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Jul 29, 2009 Bronwyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-detective-suspense, novels, title-a-i, european, read-multiple-times, author-a-i, 2018-reads, by-women, 2009-reads

The mystery in this one's a bit weak, but the cast of characters are good enough to make up for it. ...more

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

Shelves: mystery, british-isles

2024 Series Re-read: I loved this when I was a teenager, but it pales in comparison to most of Christie's other works. I enjoyed the re-read, but wonder if this would have worked better as a Tommy & Tuppence adventure. ...more

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Sep 07, 2022 Laurie rated it really liked it

This one has a great setting and premise and a very dramatic ending. This is one of the Miss Marples that Miss Marple isn’t actually in very much. I really liked the detective in this one, I don’t think he ever showed up in any of the other books, but I have a much less encyclopedic knowledge of the MM books than the Poirot ones.

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