Miss Marple Omnibus Vol 1 (Body in the Library / Moving Finger / Murder is Announced / 4:50 from Paddington) by Agatha Christie.

 

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Miss Marple Omnibus Vol 1 

(Body in the Library / Moving Finger / 

Murder is Announced / 4:50 from Paddington) 

by Agatha Christie. 

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Most of Agatha Christie works, read circa 1977 and reread during a lonely summer 1984, and reread since in 1989 - 1997, have left memories. Some, sharper than others. 

Delightful collection and looking forward to reading those I haven't yet read.  

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Body in the Library 

There is no explanation for the body of a young girl to be found where it was - on the floor in the library of a decent country gentleman.

But then there was another death, and nothing made sense, except it so happened Miss Marple was in the neighbourhood - and she could think.

Feb 05, 2016. 

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Moving Finger 

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Murder is Announced  

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4:50 from Paddington

An elderly woman on the train sees a man in another train running parallel throttling a woman to death, while he is oblivious to her watching - his back is to the window. She is thouroughly traumatised, and reports it as soon as she can at a railway station. But there is no dead woman on any train or a dead body dumped near any tracks anywhere possible where a parallel running train at that time could have stopped. And yet - she is sure, she saw the murder taking place, was not mistaken, dreaming of hallucinating. Fortunately she has an intelligent friend, another elderly woman, the fraile white haired Miss Marple.

October 18, 2008. 
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December 29, 2020. 
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