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Summary: Let sleeping murders lie
Review: Gwen Reed was shopping for a house for herself and newly married husband Giles when she came across what seemed to be just the perfect house in southern England.Being born in India and raised in New Zealand, why then did she have the sense of dejavu about the house? Somehow, her picture of what the house should look like after renovations coincided with exactly how the house used to look like. Even scarier, she could picture a strangled woman in the hall and knew her name was Helen. Yet, there never was a murder reported in the region for ages. Enter Ms Marple who guessed Gwen might possibly have spent time in the house as a very young child and might possibly have witnessed a murder. But how would one go about solving a murder twenty years before which had no prior record? How would the Reeds start when they were both newly migrated to England? Ms Marple's advise to let sleeping murder lie went unheeded by the young couple. Somewhere, there was a murderer who committed the perfect, almost perfect, crime and had been probably been comforted by the years of safety. The Reeds did not realize it at first, that what they embarked on would arouse a dangerous sentiment in a person who would do anything to keep feeling safe.
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Summary: Long ago Murder Haunts Young Newlyweds
Review: Gwenda and Giles Reed surely must be ranked as two of Agatha Christie's most endearing characters. Too bad they didn't have their own series like Tommy and Tuppence. As young newlyweds fresh from New Zealand, they come to Giles native England looking for their first home. Gwenda is immediately captivated by a Victorian villa known as Hillside, but after she moves in, strange feelings of deja vu grip the young bride. Has she been here before? Is the house haunted? And who is the woman she can see lying strangled in the front hall? Refusing the advice of kindly Jane Marple to let sleeping murder lie, Gwenda and Giles embark on an investigation to clear up the alleged murder of Gwenda's stepmother and put to rest her eerie feelings that her own father may have been the killer. As memories of past events flash through her mind, she and and her husband chase a trail of clues involving letters from abroad, a retired doctor, a former housemaid, a jilted boyfriend, and a mysteriously torn tennis net. Miss Marple is at the peak of her powers as she helps the couple unravel the clues and see clearly what is right before them. "It really is very dangerous to believe people, " she informs them. "I never have for years." But you can believe that when Miss Marple is present, the plot is thick with excitement, red herrings, and her uncanny ability to read human nature. Perhaps the best of the Miss Marple series, this is a fitting farewell to Christie's universally beloved spinster. In 1987, an excellent adaptation of this novel was filmed for TV with Joan Hickson portraying Jane Marple.
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Summary: Long ago Murder Haunts Young Newlyweds
Review: Gwenda and Giles Reed surely must be ranked as two of Agatha Christie's most endearing characters. Too bad they didn't have their own series like Tommy and Tuppence. As young newlyweds fresh from New Zealand, they come to Giles native England looking for their first home. Gwenda is immediately captivated by a Victorian villa known as Hillside, but after she moves in, strange feelings of deja vu grip the young bride. Has she been here before? Is the house haunted? And who is the woman she can see lying strangled in the front hall? Refusing the advice of kindly Jane Marple to let sleeping murder lie, Gwenda and Giles embark on an investigation to clear up the alleged murder of Gwenda's stepmother and put to rest her eerie feelings that her own father may have been the killer. As memories of past events flash through her mind, she and and her husband chase a trail of clues involving letters from abroad, a retired doctor, a former housemaid, a jilted boyfriend, and a mysteriously torn tennis net. Miss Marple is at the peak of her powers as she helps the couple unravel the clues and see clearly what is right before them. "It really is very dangerous to believe people, " she informs them. "I never have for years." But you can believe that when Miss Marple is present, the plot is thick with excitement, red herrings, and her uncanny ability to read human nature. Perhaps the best of the Miss Marple series, this is a fitting farewell to Christie's universally beloved spinster. In 1987, an excellent adaptation of this novel was filmed for TV with Joan Hickson portraying Jane Marple.
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Summary: Great for a Marple
Review: I'm usually not attracted to Christie's detective, Jane Marple, but I loved this one! From the creepiness of the monkey's paw refrences to the pounding thrill towards the end, you will be caught up in the characters. You'll never want to stop reading this book! Gwenda, who is extremely well-drawn, is a newlywed suffering from a murderous image from her childhood. Each step of the "investigation" brings out more chilling, creepy imagry.
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Summary: Great for a Marple
Review: I'm usually not attracted to Christie's detective, Jane Marple, but I loved this one! From the creepiness of the monkey's paw refrences to the pounding thrill towards the end, you will be caught up in the characters. You'll never want to stop reading this book! Gwenda, who is extremely well-drawn, is a newlywed suffering from a murderous image from her childhood. Each step of the "investigation" brings out more chilling, creepy imagry.
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Summary: involving last chapter
Review: Miss Marple helps a young bride uncover keys to her past... Christie saved one of her best Marple stories for last... The final outcome here is riveting... Very enjoyable...
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Summary: Sleeping Murder Review
Review: Of all the Agatha Christie books I have read, the characters and plot of Sleeping Murder are by far the most interesting of them all. Gwenda and Giles Reed are two bright-eyed New Zealand newlyweds looking for their first home in England--what they find in the house is an eerie familiarity and a haunting past. When the couple moves into their new home, Gwenda has strange feelings of deja vu. She has dreams of a woman strangled in the hall and she feels a certain aura of murder in the air. Miss Jane Marple tells Gwenda to "let sleeping murder lie", but she insists on thoroughly investigating the history behind her haunted house. This book was extremely intriguing and continuously kept me on the edge of my seat. It is most definitely a page-turner and the suspense and plot twists add even more variation and intrigue to what I feel is one of Agatha Christie's best mysteries.
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Summary: Sleeping Murder Review
Review: Of all the Agatha Christie books I have read, the characters and plot of Sleeping Murder are by far the most interesting of them all. Gwenda and Giles Reed are two bright-eyed New Zealand newlyweds looking for their first home in England--what they find in the house is an eerie familiarity and a haunting past. When the couple moves into their new home, Gwenda has strange feelings of deja vu. She has dreams of a woman strangled in the hall and she feels a certain aura of murder in the air. Miss Jane Marple tells Gwenda to "let sleeping murder lie", but she insists on thoroughly investigating the history behind her haunted house. This book was extremely intriguing and continuously kept me on the edge of my seat. It is most definitely a page-turner and the suspense and plot twists add even more variation and intrigue to what I feel is one of Agatha Christie's best mysteries.
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Summary: A great book for young teen readers!!
Review: OK, you want a good book, like the kind you can't put down?? Well this is it!! Agatha Christy portrays the setting and unravels the plot in the most intriguing way! The ending is totally unexpected. I couldnt put this book down over the summer, it was wonderful, i recomend it 100%!!
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Summary: In the end the truth comes out
Review: Sleeping Murder begins with two newly weds making a living change from New Zeland to England. Gwenda begins to see visions in the house, such as the house appearance. She then find out this was once her very own house. She after begins to see visions of a woman being strangled. In the end the truth comes out, sometimes for the best and sometimes for the worst.
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