The Body in the Library
by Agatha Christie
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimefastfresh & originallightintricatelinearenclosedemotionally undemandingsolving the riddle/not as it seemsfish out of water/culture clashunlikely connections
Boxlist takeContained and layered: a light mystery, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cold cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is her connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys turn to Miss Marple to solve the mystery.
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- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 207
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- Open Library
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