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by Agatha Christie
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Sheila's Reads
Sheila's Reads rated it 6 years ago
I forget about Agatha Christie's books and when I read one I remember why they are still being read today. They are good! This is one of Miss Marple's books. Her friend has seen a murder on a train but no one believes her. It is up to Miss Marple to find the body and the murderer. I enjoyed th...
Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 7 years ago
Ah Christie, you cunning minx you. I knew my earlier guess had low odds for being right, but I never saw that coming. I probably should have given the book a higher rating, but it started off slow and frankly, I don't feel confident yet that Christie didn't pull a rabbit out of her hat here. I ne...
Lillelara
Lillelara rated it 7 years ago
I have watched the Margaret Rutherford movie adaption at least five times over the last two years, so I was pefectly aware who the murderer is going to be. But man, did I adore this book, or what? I really, really loved it. It was so much fun, especially Lucy Eyelesbarrow among the Crackenthorp crow...
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 7 years ago
This is narrated by Joan Hickson, who previously starred in the older Marple adaptations. Her voice is almost masculine, in the way that the voices of strong-willed elderly ladies can become masculine in later life. Miss Marple is deceiving - she is most emphatically not a fluttering, twittering o...
Jennifer's Books
Jennifer's Books rated it 7 years ago
Just when you think you know what's going on, she rips the rug right out from under you. A true master.
A History Nut's Romantic State of Mind
I grew up a huge Miss Marple fan. I love anything that is remotely Miss Marple-y. Murder She Wrote, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, you name it, I have loved them. :D
Malin
Malin rated it 9 years ago
On her way by train to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas, Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy is shocked to realise that she's witnessing a murder in the train running parallel. A tall, dark man in a dark coat is strangling a blond woman in a fur coat and there is nothing Mrs McGillicuddy can do. ...
Just Another Reader
Just Another Reader rated it 11 years ago
To my delight, I read this book while on a train. At one point another train did pull alongside us and I checked to make sure no one was getting murdered. Alas, my wish to live in a book remains a daydream. In case you haven't read the book, it opens with a woman on a train who sees a murder on th...
The Butler Did It
The Butler Did It rated it 11 years ago
This has been one of my favorite Agatha Christie novels since the first time I read it. The premise of the novel fascinates me and Lucy absolutely fascinates me. The premise is that Mrs. McGillicuddy see a murder happen on a train that her train happens to be passing but when she reports it, there ...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 11 years ago
I have to say that for any mystery enthusiasts out there you have to make sure that you read Agatha Christie. I cannot get over how many books this woman wrote and how she manages to surprise me every time with her endings.4:50 from Paddington begins with Mrs. Elspeth McGillicuddy taking a train to ...
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