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‘Suspense is engerndered from the very start, and maintained very skilfully until the final revelation’
Times Literary Supplement
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Four of Agatha Christie’s twelve, celebrated Miss Marple novels in a single volume, bound in the stylish livery of the new series.
The Body in the Library
It’s seven in the morning, and the body of a young woman is found in the Bantry’s library. And what’s the connection with another dead girl, found in a deserted quarry? Miss Marple is invited to investigate the mystery before tongues start to wag… and another innocent victim is murdered in cold blood.
The Moving Finger
The quiet inhabitants of Lymstock are unsettled by a sudden outbreak of hate-mail. But when one of the recipients commits suicide, only Miss Marple questions the coroner’s verdict. Is this the work of a poison pen…or a poisoner?
A Murder is Announced
An advertisement in the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette announces the time and place of a forthcoming murder. Many think it’s a hoax – but the owner of the house named as the murder site is less than impressed. Especially when half the village turn up at the allotted time and then the lights go out… and the screaming starts.
4.50 from Paddington
As two trains run together, side by side, Mrs McGillicuddy watches a murder. Then the other train draws away. With no other witnesses, and not even a body, who will take her story seriously. The she remembers her old friend Miss Marple…
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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Elderly Spinster as Nemesis,
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You can hardly imagine meeting a person who is not at all acquainted with the name of Miss Marple. Buying the whole Omnibus series is an excellent way of getting to know this absolutely brilliant detective better and enjoy her company.I've chosen the third volume of the Omnibus series for my review partially because I haven't found any synopsis next to it so I decided it could be more helpful, and also because all the four stories in it are very different one from another and equally brilliant. As the good vicar says in "The Murder at the Vicarage", no detective in England can equal an elderly spinster with plenty of time on her hands. But in these four novels Miss Marple appears not only as a great sleith, but as a compassionate and very sensible person in constant search of Justice, however dangerous it might become. Other people are drawn by love, hate, money, - she isn't. The third volume consists of the novels "Nemesis", "Sleeping Murder", "At Bertram's Hotel" and "The Murder at the Vicarage", and apart from the excellent mystery and some very funny remarks on human nature, contain the splendid soothing discovery: justice is not blind, she is a shrewd old spinster witha remarkably good eyesight and a particular taste for "bird-watching". Read the stories, and at the end you will most inevitably ask youself "Who would I remind Miss Marple of?"... And then maybe you will buy a pair of binoculars, take up some knitting (not necessary, but has a certain charm) and become an excellent amateur detective!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
MISSMARPLES OMNIBUS VOL 111,
IF YOU LIKE MISS MARPLE YOU WILL FIND THIS OMNIBUS GREAT ALL HER ADVENTURES IN ONE PLACE JUST GREAT.. I WILL BE BUYING VOLS 1 & 11 FOR SURE
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT Novels... published in the WRONG Order.,
This review is from: Miss Marple - Miss Marple Omnibus: Volume One: The Body in the Library / The Moving Finger / A Murder is Announced / 4:50 from Paddington: "Body in ... Is Announced", "4.50 from Paddington" Vol 1 (Paperback)
I am a HUGE Agatha Christie fan, and of all the various fictitious detectives and sleuths she has created, Miss Marple is by far my favourite, due to her witty and hilarious character. At times, she is better in the books than she is in the television adaptations.
This first omnibus edition is one of three volumes; each individual volume collects four of the twelve Miss Marple novels. While these first four are all brilliant (and, as I have said, better than on either film or television), the only issue I have with this series is that the novels are NOT published chronologically: the first Miss Marple novel is the LAST one in the third volume, while the last one, also found in the third volume, comes in second. Personally, I feel that all the novels should have been published due to their publication dates. It is this problem that costs the series its five-star rating. For me, the best novel in the first omnibus was A Murder is Announced: with suspense, various twists and turns, and a shocking yet surprising end, it stands out as one of Christie's best novels on the whole. Though not worthy of five stars, there is one thing about the omnibus series that I love: it sure saves one money and space on the bookshelf than buying each novel separately. Worth it!
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