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Agatha Christie (Author)
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Publication Date: 3 Jan 2005 | Series: Miss Marple

A new tie-in edition of Agatha Christie’s bestseller, to coincide with the broadcast of the new movie on ITV starring Geraldine McEwan. Includes a full colour plate section, a ‘making of’ essay, background facts and a bonus chapter.

It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.

But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?

The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.

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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; TV tie-in edition edition (3 Jan 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007191197
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007191192
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,697,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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“The best opening I ever wrote.”
Agatha Christie

“Genuine old-crusted Christie.”
Time

“Professional detectives are no match for elderly spinsters… it is hard not to be impressed.”
Times Literary Supplement

“one of the most ingeniously contrived of all her murder stories.” Birmingham Post

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Dolly Bantry's reaction on seeing the body of a beautiful, but very dead, blonde in her library is to immediately call for her friend Jane Marple. The police identify the girl as Ruby Keene, a dance hostess. She was reported missing by elderly invalid Conway Jefferson who, fond of Ruby, planned to adopt her - much against his family's wishes. When the body of another dead girl turns up, Miss Marple, with her incredible eye for spotting the clues that others overlook, determines to find this ruthless killer. 'Hearing these books for the first time, it may come as some surprise how very funny Miss Christie can be' Spectator --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Attractive facsimile reprint of the first edition - and a very good Miss Marple mystery 7 Aug 2010
By S. Barnes
Format:Hardcover
[This review is for the HarperCollins facsimile reprint edition, published in 2005]

First published in 1942, The Body in the Library is the second Miss Marple Mystery (after Murder at the Vicarage, 1930). It's very good - easy read, wry, witty, twisting plot, only takes a few hours to read - perfect for a holiday mystery, or a quick read when you want a good book, but not one that's too in-depth. I was guessing right up until the end in this Miss Marple and didn't manage to guess the right murderer at all, so hats off again to Agatha Christie.

A note on the edition: I love these HarperCollins facsimile reprint editions of the First Editions (the original Collins Crime Club editions). The dust jacket covers are so much more appealing and iconic than most of the paperback versions that came afterwards (1960s and 70s covers would often have a pool of blood, murder weapon, bottle of poison, or whatever else was relevant to the plot adorning the front cover). These covers are more suitable to the story - gentle Golden Age crime and mystery writing at its best - not gory, not graphic, just good old-fashioned honest detecting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Murder in Chapter One, Brilliant Amateur Detecting and Wonderful Village Gossip 18 Nov 2009
By Simon Savidge Reads TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
The title `The Body in the Library' kind of gives away just what is coming in the opening pages. Yes that's right, the Bantry household awakes to find that there is indeed a body of an unknown platinum blonde in their library. No one in the household has seen the young girl before and it takes some time for the police to track her down. However it doesn't take that long for Miss Jane Marple to appear on the scene as Mrs Bantry, a close friend, sends a chauffeur round for her pronto phoning ahead before `the recognised time to make friendly calls to neighbours'.

The police having met Miss Marple and her amateur sleuthing naturally want her gone as soon as possible. She doesn't leave until she overhears that the victim was a dancer at the Hotel Majestic in Danemouth and before long Mrs Bantry and Miss Marple just so happen to take a small holiday there. So who was this girl, how did she end up in a strangers library in St Mary's Mead and who took her there and killed her? Well you will have to read this joyous romp to find out and revel in the village gossip and brilliant characters as you go. I didn't know Christie was so rye and witty.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, shame this reading is abridged 23 Jun 2008
By Ms. L. R. Fisher
Format:Audio Cassette|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ian Masters reads competently, but you really need the full text to appreciate the setting and the characters. The action mainly takes place in an upmarket seaside hotel in the 30s that provides bridge and dancing partners. The characters range from the wealthy Bantries through the louche film industry hanger-on Basil Blake to the dancers themselves (one of them is the body). Christie turns a beady but not unsympathetic eye on their "cheap finery" and attempts to make a living while fawning on their rich customers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars listening
I think the quality of recording is excellant and the cast play their roles very well. All over a good experience
Published 21 days ago by eric Jubb
4.0 out of 5 stars The Body in the Library
When a peroxide blonde is found dead in the library at Gossington Hall, Colonel and Mrs Bantry are perplexed. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S Riaz
4.0 out of 5 stars Another mystery by one of my favourite authors
Having seen a dramatised version on TV I am looking forward to reading the original book in a proper book with paper pages
Published 3 months ago by M. Francis
4.0 out of 5 stars If you like drama you'll like this
I love Christie and dramatised audiobooks are a delightful way to get your work done painlessly. If you love Christie, then you'll like these.
Published 3 months ago by Elmina
5.0 out of 5 stars The Body in the Library
Very good book. Read loads of times and enjoyed each time. This story we see a body found in the library at Gossington Hall home to Colonel and Mrs Bantry. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. A. L. Maddocks
5.0 out of 5 stars great
fab quality of recording great sound and the performers are fantistic holding ur attention for the full length of the play recomended to any agatha christie fan
Published 4 months ago by kenton
5.0 out of 5 stars Just how did that body get in the library?
I bought this book after watching the recent ITV adaptation of it, which left me suspicious as to whether the ITV denouement was as penned by Agatha. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Nina Jon
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic crime novel
The body of a young woman is found in Colonel Bantry's library. Mrs Bantry immediately sends for her friend Miss Jane Marple and the Colonel sends for the police. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Damaskcat
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
It was a good production with very good sound quality Some of the acting was poor I enjoyed it though The script was a bit snobby in parts
Published 17 months ago by Kenneth W. Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars Just a little mediocre
I am a big fan of the BBC Radio adaptations of Christie's novels and now own several of them. This, IMHO, is one of the weaker ones. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Iain C. Davidson
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