The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery

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Summary: IT`S DIFFERENT
Review: I AM A FAN OF AGATHA CRISTHIE. I REALLY LOVE SHE. BUT A I THINK THAT SHE HAVE BETTER, I KNOWK HOW SHE WRITTES AND I EXPECTED SOMETHING BETTER FROM THE ENDDING, IT IS DIFFERENT, IT IS A RARE ENDDING. IF YOU DONT READ ANYTHING FROM SHE, DONT STAR FROM THIS ONE.

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Summary: Miss Marple is always a good one to read.
Review: I confess to absolutely loving Dame Agatha's Miss Marple books. I suppose I find the coziness of them soothing. I enjoyed this one because of the presence of Col. & Mrs. Bantry but it was not quite up to par with most of her others. Miss Marple's character becomes more rounded as we see her interact with her friends. I agree with those readers who noted less "action" in this book, but I don't think that dooms it to being a bad book--it's just a change of pace, which is often refreshing.

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Summary: Miss Marple is always a good 'un!
Review: I confess to absolutely loving Dame Agatha's Miss Marple books; I suppose I find the coziness of them soothing, or something. I especially enjoy this one because of the presence of Col. & Mrs. Bantry. Miss Marple's character becomes more rounded as we see her interact with her friends. I agree with those readers who noted less "action" in this book, but I don't think that dooms it to being a bad book--it's just a change of pace, which is often refreshing.

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Summary: I like Jane Marple
Review: I don't know why anyone would buy a book by Agatha Christie expecting sex and violence. Her style was to create the atmosphere of an English village before 1935 and to create a puzzle involving the death of someone in the village. Her detectives don't beat anyone up or make love to the suspects. Her detective is given the same clues that the reader sees, and in the last chapter, the detective weaves the relevant clues into the solution. In The Body in the Library, the detective is Jane Marple, an elderly spinster who uses a sharp mind so solve the puzzle. I like the early Jane Marple mysteries; The Body in the Library is fairly typical. You might find this book more enjoyable if you first read The Murder at the Vicarage.

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Summary: Good but the ending doesn't work
Review: I have been a professional detective for over ten years and I can tell you that while the ending is surprising, the facts do not quite fit together as well as other Agatha Christie books. I would recommend it to the diehard Agatha Christie fans but would suggest that newcomers to Agatha Christie start with Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, or Death on the Nile.

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Summary: Entertaining addition to this fun series!
Review: I have been following this series with a lot of excitment. I love this writer and have enjoyed all of her books. I know you will too. If you haven't tried one of her great mysteries you should. You have no idea what an entertaining time you are missing.

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Summary: Entertaining addition to this fun series!
Review: I have been following this series with a lot of excitment. I love this writer and have enjoyed all of her books. I know you will too. If you haven't tried one of her great mysteries you should. You have no idea what an entertaining time you are missing.

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Summary: Miss Jane Marple
Review: I have never read an Agatha Christie book before now and i can say that I was dissapointed in this book. Some of the plot was confusing and the book jumped around too much. Miss Marple was clever in the way she tought to catch the killer. The way she thought and sorted through ideas kept you wanting to read. I feel that this book deserves atmost three stars, because it sort of kept you wondering and guessing. I never guessed the killer right, and never suspected that person.If slow speed mysteries are your thing, this is the perfect book. Agatha Christie has a unique writting style, and I love Miss Marple!

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Summary: Random Read
Review: I picked this up, half-way kidding to show my mom (who is going to be a librarian) when I was looking for a book for my sophomore English class. I decided to check it out with about 10 other books and I eventually chose it to read. I ended up really enjoying it. Her plot is so interwoven and threw me off the trail of the murderer many times. The characters felt real to me and I am looking forward to reading another one of her novels.

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Summary: The first Agatha Christie book I read
Review: I read The Body in the Library when I was probably 12 or so and developed a great admiration for Agatha Christie and Miss Marple. (Can't say I like Hercule Poirot that much, but that's just me). Anyway, I went on to read a great many of the books, but always remember The Body as my first and one of my favourites. Now 23 years later, I bought a copy to read on vacation and I am loving it again. I still remember details from the first time I read it. I think that Agatha Christie was the best classic English mystery writer ever and Miss Marple was one of her best creations. Bravo!