Hardcover, 176 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 11, 2010 by RBA Coleccionables, S.A..
El merecido descanso del coronel Bantry y de su esposa Dorothy se ve súbitamente interrumpido por la alarmante noticia que trae consigo la doncella: han hallado el cadáver de una joven en la biblioteca. De repente, la vida del militar ya retirado da un vuelco, al convertirse en víctima de las habladurías y los cotilleos que circulan acerca de tan triste suceso, que ha conmocionado enormemente a toda la puritana comunidad de St. Mary Mead. Dorothy, dispuesta a atajar cualquier duda y a mantener sin mácula el honor de su distinguida familia, decide acudir a su amiga Miss Marple, una detective ocasional de extraordinarias dotes intuitivas que deberá dilucidar quién y por qué ha cometido tal asesinato precisamente en casa del coronel.
Igual no la he leído en buen momento, pero a pesar de ser corta me ha costado terminarla. Me han aburrido un poco sus misterios de asesinatos de pueblo entre gente con dinero y tacitas de té. #literatura #ficción
I’d read that one before but needed to remind me again. Hadn’t quite sure who’d done it but close enough with the deceits.
Another classic Christie and Miss Marple murder mystery.
This was not one of Agatha's best. Although I have to say, it was a quick eye-candy read ~ a little bit of mystery not enough of Miss Marple, and a light speed-read.
Embarrassed to say I've never read an Agatha Christie novel. But since there are 80 of them and everyone I've spoken to says one is pretty much the same as the next, why not start here?
I didn't guess who the murder was. I was a little said there wasn't more Ms. Marple because the novel coasted brilliantly when she was onscreen. But mostly I was impressed as hell and how much ground AG covers in just 160 pages. A dozen main characters, a setting real enough to touch, a detective I'd follow into hell. It didn't change my life or even leave much to chew on. But I want to read more. From across an ocean and about 80 years of history. That's saying something.
One of my favorite Agatha Christies and one of the very first Miss Marples I ever read. The novel starts off with Mrs Bantry being awakened by a hysterical maid informs her that there is a body in the library. Colonel Bantry goes downstairs and learns that there really is a body in the library. The dead girl - for she is very young - has bleached blonde hair, heavy makeup, and painted nails, and is wearing a gaudy, but cheap and old gown. She looks very out of place in the colonel's warm, old-fashioned library. No one recognizes the victim. She is definitely not from the area. Mrs Bantry has more faith in her old friend, Miss Marple, that she does the local police - and with good reason. Miss Marple suggests a likely suspects - the arrogant and deeply unpleasant Basil Blake, son of an old friend of …
One of my favorite Agatha Christies and one of the very first Miss Marples I ever read. The novel starts off with Mrs Bantry being awakened by a hysterical maid informs her that there is a body in the library. Colonel Bantry goes downstairs and learns that there really is a body in the library. The dead girl - for she is very young - has bleached blonde hair, heavy makeup, and painted nails, and is wearing a gaudy, but cheap and old gown. She looks very out of place in the colonel's warm, old-fashioned library. No one recognizes the victim. She is definitely not from the area. Mrs Bantry has more faith in her old friend, Miss Marple, that she does the local police - and with good reason. Miss Marple suggests a likely suspects - the arrogant and deeply unpleasant Basil Blake, son of an old friend of Mrs Bantry's. He works in show business in a minor role behind the scenes and he has been seen with a platinum blonde. I won't spoil the rest of the story, but suffice it to say that things aren't what they seem in more ways than one.
