Shirley E. (luvantiques) - reviewed on 2/17/2009 + 187 more book reviews

This is a delightful who-done-it. Miss Marple's first case and she solves it in grand style. A good mystery without the blood and gore and heart-thumping plots of today. Agatha Christie is a master at keeping the reader guessing.

From the back cover: The murder of Colonel Protheroe was a shock to everyone in St. Mary Mead, though hardly an unpleasant one. Even Vicar Clement had declared that killing the hated Protheroe would be a service to the world. Not only the vicar, but his young wife, the object of endless village gossip, could be considered suspects. And what about the faithless Mrs. Protheroe, or her lover, the young artist Lawrence Redding? The baffled police are even more astonished when a demure spinster, Miss Jane Marple, confidently announces her plan to capture the murderer - and blithely solves her first case.

If you want a good mystery, but need a break from the edge-of-your-seat books of this genre, visit Miss Marple and the people of St. Mary Mead. You won't be disappointed.

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