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May 25: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926)
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May 25: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - SPOILER Thread - (1926)
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GR - QUIT ADDING BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I have read this multiple times. But you're adding editions that I did not read.
I love how Christie sets out Miss Marple's hobby: I study human nature. ...more
I have read this multiple times. But you're adding editions that I did not read.
I love how Christie sets out Miss Marple's hobby: I study human nature. ...more
Too many years since I've read mysteries from this time period. Decided to re-read or read the mystery "classics." This is the first book in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series. In St. Mary Mead, Colonel Protheroe is found shot in the head in the Vicar's study. The Vicar in The Murder at the Vicarage actually plays a larger role as amateur sleuth with elderly, proper Miss Marple steadily growing in importance. She ultimately solves the crime. A much more sedate mystery compared to more recent i
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3/9/25
Still enjoyable. I had completely forgotten about the vicar's nephew, Dennis. Probably because he wasn't in the movie version I've seen.
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Always enjoyable. Nice introduction to Miss Marple. Narrated by the pastor or perhaps he is called a vicar (being as they live in a vicarage). Whoops! Auto-correct wanted them to live in a garage. ...more
Still enjoyable. I had completely forgotten about the vicar's nephew, Dennis. Probably because he wasn't in the movie version I've seen.
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Always enjoyable. Nice introduction to Miss Marple. Narrated by the pastor or perhaps he is called a vicar (being as they live in a vicarage). Whoops! Auto-correct wanted them to live in a garage. ...more
Mar 04, 2009
Laura Anne
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4.5 stars 2024 Series Re-read: The quintessential murder-in-the-village novel. Rev Clement is our narrator, and I love his "voice� and his relationship with his wonderful wife Griselda.
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Jan 16, 2017
Diane
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Mar 28, 2024
Charlotte (Buried in Books)
marked it as to-read
