📚 Retired Colonel and Mrs. Bantry
are a respectable couple in the little village of St. Mary Mead. When a body of
a stranger (a young woman) was found in their library, Mrs. Bantry was afraid
that scandal will hit her husband hard. So, she quickly asked her friend, Mrs.
Marple, to investigate the murder.
📚 The young woman isn't the
regular set of village girl. She's rather extraordinary - with heavy make-up,
platinum-blonde hair, and silver-spangled dress. Does she have something to do
with Basil Blake, a film worker who's just moved in? No, he said he didn't know
her. She was finally identified as Ruby Keene, a dancer, by her cousin. But who
murdered her? And how and why did her body appear in Colonel Bantry's library?
📚 Ruby's missing was first
reported by Conway Jefferson, a crippled wealthy man who's in the process of
adopting Ruby, as he's disappointed with his own nearest family (son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, and step grandson). Is this the murder motive the police
(Superintendent Harper) is looking for
📚 In order to investigate, Mrs.
Bantry and Miss Marple is staying at Hotel Majestic, where Ruby worked, and
Conway Jefferson stayed. It was here that most of the investigations are going
on. Then a second murder happened. A women's body was found inside a burnt car.
The car belongs to a man who's staying in the hotel. Are the two murders
connected?
📚 This mystery seems simple at
first, but it gets more complicated along the way. Miss Marple takes quite an
active role in the investigation, thanks to her sharp observation. Small
trifles like the dead girl's bitten fingernails proved to be one of the key-clues to this complicated mystery with few twists. An enjoyable read for fans of
Golden Age detective stories.
Rating: 4 / 5
I read this one years ago and remember really enjoying it. Though I couldn't tell you whodunnit now. ;D
ReplyDeleteI should reread this one myself! It's been forever since I've read it & it would feel like a whole new mystery.
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