Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery
and over 900,000 other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
'Throws off the false clues and misleading events as only a master of the art can do.' New York Times 'Liveliness! infectious zest! as good as anything Miss Christie has done.' Observer
Product Description
An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed! As Jane 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 a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finished the story!
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fast and fun,
By daisyrock "sharonsworld" (nottingham) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery (Paperback)
Reading AC is like watching American sitcoms or eating fast food. You know it's not good for you, and it's really a bit of a waste of time, but oh-my-goodness, it is fun. I read this in two evenings and found that it stands the test of time quite well in terms of its plotting. Like all Christies, the characterisation by modern standards is scant, but that's made up for with some lovely period dialogue - although some of the attitudes and phrases are a little less than modern (the term 'working like blacks' is used - ouch.) Overall, good fun as usual and a speedy and enjoyable read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A fairly tame Marple novel,
By
This review is from: Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery (Paperback)
A fairly tame Marple novel, although with a refreshing change of scenery. Gone are the quiet villages and large family mansions of previous novels, and in is a row of bungalows on a Barbados beach.
The story though lacks any real sense of intrigue. All the characters have hidden secrets - none are quiet who they seem, and all of them are after something. It's almost like too much effort has gone into providing red herrings. In part, my dislike may have been caused by reading most of it in two sittings, whilst on a train. Perhaps taking it in smaller chunks may have allowed me to digest it better and to form interim conclusions about who the murderer could be. As it is, I'm not convinced the clues were there, and this just seemed like a failed attempt to branch out into a new location, and hope to sell on that.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Intriguing Mystery,
By Paul D "Paul" (Darwen, Lancashire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery (Paperback)
On holiday in the West Indies, Miss Marple knits, chatters, and listens. One of the stories she listens to is told by an old major, a man who is killed before he can complete his story.
This is not one of Ms Christie's most compulsive stories - the change of scene makes for an interesting read, but the pace is too slow to maintain the necessary tension, the events unfolding with little sense of urgency. As we would expect from an Agatha Christie mystery, there are clues and red herrings galore, and none of the characters is quite what he or she seems to be. Despite the change of setting, the character of Miss Marple is the same as ever, direct, incisive, unstoppable. It is here that the concept of her being the personification of the Greek figure of Nemesis is first introduced; Christie obviously liked the idea, as not long afterwards she wrote a sequel of sorts under that very title.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
