Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.
Sto caricando le informazioni... Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979)di Agatha Christie
Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Miss Marple is one of those wonderful characters that I can see and hear whenever reading her mysteries. These final cases, 6 short stories, are by today's standards simple mysteries. There's no technical gadgetry, hardly even a telephone! No fast cars or high speed chases. No brutal attacks on anyone, apart from the murder, and that happens quietly, without a gory, blood and guts description of the deed. Reading this was like watching something from the black and white days of television. I remember watching Margaret Rutherford play the part of Miss Marple and for me, no other actress comes close to my imagined persona and the clever writing by Agatha Christie still manages to intrigue and surprise, even in the 21st century. Ideal bed time reading - the stories are written well enough to draw you in, but are short and formulaic enough to not keep you up all night guessing what happened next. Some of the stories are more obvious than others. Unlike in the The Thirteen Problems, there is no particular thread to collection - and no story line within the collection to reveal more about Miss Marple (or why the collection is titled Final Cases). For that, 3 stars, not more. I guess, if Christie had been able alive to have an input in the editing and collating of the stories it might have turned out better, but this was published to provide a final fix for Marple enthusiasts. So, if you are considering picking up a Marple story for the first time, don't start with this one. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Contiene
Nine intriguing tales. One unequalled storyteller. An unknown wounded man in a church. A fatal riding accident. A corpse and a tape measure. Whether in St Mary Mead or further afield, there is always much wickedness lurking below the surface, should, like Jane Marple, you have the eyes to see it. Published posthumously, this collection of tales, seven of them featuring Agatha Christies much loved Miss Marple, is a treasure trove for fans of crime and thriller. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
Discussioni correntiNessunoCopertine popolari
Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813Literature English (North America) American fictionClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |
My least favorite was "Strange Jest", which features one of Christie's rich old uncles who enjoys playing games with his will. There are two stories in the collection that involve the supernatural rather than criminals, and one story in which Miss Marple is the narrator, which I don't remember her doing elsewhere. I was worried by the title of this book that she'd be killed off here but it didn't happen. ( )