A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)

224 pages

English language

Published June 12, 2001 by Signet.

ISBN:
978-0-451-19992-8
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OCLC Number:
43714086

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4 stars (2 reviews)

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story...

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Miss Marple's nephew is afraid for her health and offers her a holiday in the Caribbean (West Indies). In one of the islands, Miss Marple does what she does best: gossiping and knitting. One day, Major Palgrave tells her that he has the photo of a murderer but sees something that frightens him before showing it to her. The next day the Major is found dead, and Jane Marple believes it is murder.

I was able to figure out half the puzzle, but I got the other half totally wrong. That is to say, I was surprised in the end even after having figured out part of it. Christie's writing is absolutely wonderful, I do not know how she manages to confuse me (and everyone else) every time. I particularly enjoyed this quote by Mr. Rafiel that tells a lot about Marple's style: "How can you and I set about …

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