The body in the library

by Agatha Christie

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2010 by Ulverscroft.

ISBN:: 978-1-4448-0240-5
OCLC Number:: 495596118

(7 reviews)

It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery! before tongues start to wag.

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3 stars

This was my first time reading Agatha Christie. I found her characters surprisingly funny and interesting and the plotting, of course, drove the book. Incredible, how well those two dynamics inspire voracious reading: plot and character. Christie has no obvious thematic interests. There is no analysis of the human condition here, nor any theoretical concerns relating to language, meaning, or metaphysical identity (at least not in this book). Yet her ability to craft a compelling, mathematical proof of plotting is masterful. I can see why so many readers have read so much of her work. I'll soon count myself among them.