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A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
Author: Agatha Christie

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Publisher: Signet
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780451199928 - ISBN-10: 0451199928
Publication Date: 3/1/2000
Pages: 224

Book Description:
Would you like to see a picture of a murderer? So asks a stranger of Miss Jane Marple on vacation. When the mystery man is found dead the following day, Miss Marple is asking the questions: What happened to the curious photo? Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't the most talked-about guest, a reclusive millionaire, ever leave his room? And why is Miss Marple fearing for her own life?

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Lynne J. (Doughgirl) wrote on 8/27/2009...


When Miss Marple develops arthritis, she travels to a resort in the Caribbean for some for some rest and relaxation. But while there one of her fellow guests dies. Miss Marple is convinced that the death was not a natural one. So she does what she does best and starts investigating. A Caribbean Mystery is one of Agatha Christie's later Miss Marple mysteries, and Miss Marple is beginning to show her age. In fact, in this story she uses her age to her advantage as she pretends to be an older woman who just likes to talk, but never really says anything important. All along, of course, she is listening and thinking.

I checked out some of the reviews of this book in Amazon, and some of those readers seem to think that as this was one of Agatha's later books, she had lost her touch a little and it wasn't as good. I disagree. Although I could have used a little more action and a little less talking (sometimes it seemed like they were talking in circles), I was very surprised at the end to find out who the murderer was. And to me, that is always one of the hallmarks of a good mystery.



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