One of my goals in 2020 is to read more. See other books I've read or listened to here.
The second in the Miss Marple Series, I listened to The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie for free on the internet.
The Bantrys are totally shocked when they wake up with the body of a dead blond on the library hearth rug. Who but Miss Marple can help discover her idenity and reason for being there?
When I lucked out by reading (listening) to the first book in the Miss Marple series quite by accident a few months ago, I decided that I would continue the series in order! I was lucky to find all of them on a free audio book site. Then I got confused. On that site it says that this is the third book, but on another site it says this is the second. The book in between this and the first book is short stories, so I decided to skip to this one (or this is book two?? IDK). From the start of this book it seemed quite familiar to me… then I realized that I had seen the adaptation on the BBC series. Luckily I couldn’t remember the ending, so it was still a great mystery and surprise to me. This book sees Miss Marple called into the case right away, but she still downplays her role and skills. She and Mrs Bantry travel outside of St Mary Mead to other locales where the lead up to the murder may have taken place. This aspect opens Marple to a wider world in some ways. The series is interesting to me bc it is not MM who is the main character, and the narrator changes with every book. The Body doesn’t have one lead narrator which wasn’t my favorite, only bc it meant that we got away from some of the storylines I liked more than others. There was a lot dealing with coppers in this book and those bits were a bit boring. So far, this series really feels like Agatha Christie is trying out different things and finding what she likes best. Overall, I would recommend this book and I would recommend this book series for those who like classic mysteries, British mysteries, who dun its where the lead detective or person who solves the crime is not a main character, and those interested in Agatha Christie’s writing.
Are you an Agatha Christie Fan? what is your favorite of her series?
This book was mentioned in my November Wrap Up.