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The Thirteen Problems (Miss Marple, #0.5)
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bookshelves: murder, mystery, early-xx-century, short-stories, part_of_a_series
Dec 20, 2015
bookshelves: murder, mystery, early-xx-century, short-stories, part_of_a_series
Several people get together during various occasions, and they decide to tell stories... of the mysterious murder kind. To a fan of historical romances, I suppose this would count as the equivalent of parlor games? Only so much more fun. And to make things even more interesting, the storyteller won't (at first) reveal the murderer's identity.
A book with 13 distinct puzzles penned by Agatha Christie? Christmas has indeed come early. Specifically by 2 days, according to the date I started reading this book. Each and every story was engaging enough, interesting and had me constantly wonder about the identity of the murderer. Of course I never guessed any of them, but trying was nonetheless fun. I didn't even mind (much) when people were not even attempting to guess the culprit in Miss Marple's stories.
The only downside was the lack of whimsical humor, which was so enjoyable in the first book of the series.
Score: 3/5 stars
With the large number of stories, some of the details started to blur together.
Still, as an exercise in who-dunnit logic, it was a fun read.
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A book with 13 distinct puzzles penned by Agatha Christie? Christmas has indeed come early. Specifically by 2 days, according to the date I started reading this book. Each and every story was engaging enough, interesting and had me constantly wonder about the identity of the murderer. Of course I never guessed any of them, but trying was nonetheless fun. I didn't even mind (much) when people were not even attempting to guess the culprit in Miss Marple's stories.
The only downside was the lack of whimsical humor, which was so enjoyable in the first book of the series.
Score: 3/5 stars
With the large number of stories, some of the details started to blur together.
Still, as an exercise in who-dunnit logic, it was a fun read.
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Review of Murder at the Vicarage
Review of The Body in the Library
Review of The Moving Finger
Review of A Murder is Announced
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