Sleeping Murder (BBC Audio Crime)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846070392 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A puzzle that is tortuous, surprising and finally satisfying."--Sunday Express (London)
Classic Christie mystery A young married couple, Gwenda and Giles Reed, purchase a new home in the English village of Dillsmouth. As Gwenda begins renovations, she stunningly comes to realize that this home is actually familiar to her: she lived in it as a young child with her father and stepmother. Beginning an investigation, they learn that Gwenda's stepmother, Helen, vanished some 18 years earlier and that her father, Kelvin, committed suicide in a mental facility. Did Gwenda really see Helen's dead b. "Thinking Retroactively" according to Marcus. Miss Jane Marple has many talents. In this case she shows a capacity to reflect and reconstruct acts retroactively. The plot is interesting. One has to think carefully to discover the murder. Agatha tells the story in a direct manner. Miss Marple comes in the scene in a politely way and gains the confidence of the persons involved. A good reading that shows some of Miss Marple's techniques.. My 1st Miss Marple! Duane M. Timm I love to read, I enjoy the escape. Where have I been; I have not read an Agatha Christie novel? What fun! The investigation of a murder that happened 16 years ago! I was expecting something dated, something that seemed like it was written a long time ago, and this story is very contemporary. Christie's style of writing is current. She introduces her characters and developes them so everyone can be a possible suspect. Often I found my self thinking, "Aha, so that is the murderer!
1 hr 30 mins.. When she opens the painted-over doors of an old cupboard to find wallpaper exactly the same as she had imagined, she begins to wonder if she is going mad. Wanting porch stairs, Gwenda hires a builder to put them in—only to find some old steps, covered up by bushes. She decides on a connecting doorway between the drawing-room and the dining-room, but discovers one already there, now plastered over. A few renovations will convert it into her ideal home. Then things get very strange indeed. In the quiet village of Dilmouth, she finds a house with immediate appeal. Young Gwenda Reed arrives in England from New Zealand, traveling ahead of her husband Giles and charged with the task of finding the perfect place to make their base. Is her mind playing tricks on her, or does she unconsciously know how the house used to look? It takes Miss Marple to realize that an unsolved murder is behind Gwenda's apparent intuition—but even she does not suspect the murderer will strike againAgatha Christie's final Marple mystery is dramatized with a full cast including Julian Glover and Carolyn Pickles.2 CDs
During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. As her play The Mousetrap (the longest-running play in the history of the theater) testifies, Agatha Christie’s detective stories are likely to appeal for a long time to come. Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair