I really enjoyed these short stories. Most of them were told by The Tuesday Night Club, a regular group of meetings at Miss Marple's home to drink sherry and talk about murder mysteries. All of the mysteries baffled the tellers when they occurred and some of the murderers escaped justice. But, as Miss Marple says, there's always justice, it just comes in different forms.
What was great about this book was that Christie would have one of the characters tell the tale and give all the clues and you'd have the chance to work out who the murderer was, and how they murdered, just like the other characters - only without the sherry and Miss Marple. I managed to completely work out half of the murders and a few more I guessed, but several left me baffled until Miss Marple would provide the solution and then I'd have a Doh! moment as everything fell into place.
They were a lot of fun and great for when you're waiting and just need to fill a few minutes of time. Each story is only a few pages long and focuses completely on each mystery. I noticed that one of them was used in the latest Miss Marple television episode "The Secret of Chimneys". They took the tale "The Herb of Death" and mixed it with a non-Marple novel, Chimneys, which had very little resemblance to its original story. It wasn't very well done, they would have been better off sticking to the actual story, which was more interesting, but that's television.
2 comments:
"But, as Miss Marple says, there's always justice, it just comes in different forms"
smart lady.
Love the blog btw.
...& sometimes you have to bring it yourself. ;o)
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