The Body in the Library
1942 • 160 pages

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The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cold cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is her connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys turn to Miss Marple to solve the mystery.


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13 primary books25 released books

#2 in Miss Marple

Miss Marple is a 25-book series with 18 released primary works first released in 1923 with contributions by Agatha Christie.

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#1
The Murder at the Vicarage
#1.1
The Thirteen Problems
#1.2
The Regatta Mystery
#2
The Body in the Library
#2.2
Trois Souris...
#3
The Moving Finger
#4
A Murder Is Announced
#5
They Do It With Mirrors
#6
A Pocket Full of Rye
#7
4:50 from Paddington
#7.2
Double Sin and Other Stories

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My first Miss Marple and Mrs. Christie did not disappoint. As per usual I failed to predict the ending but I did have some suspicions which leant towards the conclusion. I feel I should go back to the earliest Marple mystery to get a true feel for the old girl but, for now, it's back to a Poirot.

January 6, 2023