Book: A Murder is Announced Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Fiction/Mystery Summary: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m." A childish practical j...
Maybe I should start re-reading certain books that I didn´t seem to like the first time around. I end up loving some of them on my second read. The mystery was an intriguing one, I liked the small-town setting and the cast of weird villagers and even though I still knew the identity of the murdere...
What a great look at the Miss Marple series. This one has an interesting cast of characters, Miss Marple showing everyone up, and references to characters that many in the series should know by now, such as Sir Henry Clithering. Due to Miss Marple's connection to Sir Henry and just being around the ...
"A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends accept this, the only intimation." Little Paddocks is set in a typical village in the English countryside, where people enjoy the quiet life, away from the hustle and bustle of bigger towns...
Synopsis The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm'. Is this just a childish prank, or something a lot more ...
A strange notice in the paper, advertising a murder before it takes place. A woman standing to inherit millions, and the people who would inherit if she were to die prematurely. A small village, with fascinating characters. Once again, classic Christie, class Marple.I've noted in previous reviews ...
I remember reading this book 16 years ago and enjoying it immensely. I have just repeated that experience. I even remember some crucial clues, so much of the story was not surprising. However, I enjoyed the journey. I love how Mrs. Christie uses only a few words to describe her characters, yet we ge...
I think my problem here is I've read it and watched it so many times nothing is a surprise. The narration was good. I especially liked the German cook.
This one had quite a few twists and turns. I did try to guess this time, and I completely failed. I'm not sure that's a good thing or not, since I do like guessing and being right, but being wrong means it wasn't an obvious suspect.
bookshelves: published-1950, autumn-2011, radio-4x, re-read, cosy, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, classic Read from September 16 to 23, 2011 Classic Cozy The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises "A murder is announced and will take place on ...
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