Paperback, 158 pages
English language
Published Oct. 22, 1981 by Fontana/Collins.
Miss Marple dozes in the West Indian sun; an old soldier talks of elephant-shooting and scandals. Then he dies - and the deceptively frail detective investigates a most exotic murder...
I loved the story and I was blindsided by the identity of the murderer. However, the racist language and stereotypes did not age well and listening to book instead of reading it probably only made it worse.
As a huge Agatha Christie fan I was quite disappointed by this book. I remember having read it years ago in german but didn't remember all the details. Still, reading it now I was quite disappointed by how slow the story progresses and how it seems nothing happens. The idea of the murders or reasons behind is quite ingenious but somehow the whole story around makes it hard to digest. That's why it took me a few months longer to finally finish.
