The Murder at the Vicarage

Paperback, 223 pages

Published May 6, 1979 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc..

ISBN:: 978-0-440-15946-9
OCLC Number:: 404126731

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''Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,'' declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ''would be doing the world at large a favour!'' It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later – when the colonel was found shot dead in the clergyman’s study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.

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4 stars

I'm re-reading Agatha Christie since she is one of my favourite authors and her writing is always fun. Colonel Protheroe is a hated figure in the village, so there is no shortage of suspects when he is found dead at the vicarage. Even the vicar thinks the village is better off without Protheroe. Miss Marple is never called to assist the police, but that does not stop her from trying because she likes sleuthing. And as the vicar's wife points out, "That kind of old cat is always right.". And she is right and will solve the crime, obviously.

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