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Loading... At Bertram's Hotel (1965)by Agatha Christie
![]() Books Read in 2021 (55) » 22 more Books Read in 2022 (149) 1960s (56) Books Read in 2016 (2,003) British Mystery (52) Books Read in 2010 (53) Books About Murder (68) Books Read in 2023 (2,305) Detective Stories (39) Books Read in 2017 (2,583) Books Read in 2015 (2,172) Comfort Reads (136) Female Protagonist (699) Books Read in 2012 (237) Books Set in London (22) No current Talk conversations about this book. 8475308074 The large-scale plot (wide-ranging crime spree masterminded by ... well, a mastermind of course!) is a bit of a non-starter, but the atmosphere of Bertram's Hotel more than makes up for it. The small-scale plot involving the heiress is rather well done. Although... the doddering elderly clergyman with a shock of white hair, who finds himself adrift in the modern world and gets into trouble by forgetting what day it is and missing his flight to Lucerne... is 63. Sixty-three! About 20 years younger than I expected. I haven't met a doddering 63 year old ever. What changed since 1965? Has NHS done a great job of maintaining the health of its citizens into their later decades, or what? While Miss Marple is present through most of the book, she doesn't really contribute to the solution in the way I expected. This reread has made me reconsider my rating. In particular, I didn't care for the ending. This is one of the Miss Marple books, and it feels like three different short stories awkwardly jammed together (via the connective tissue of a London hotel): you've got a missing-clergyman story, you've got an international-smuggling-ring story, and you've got a murder-because-of-a-threatened-inheritance story. I guess this novel is nominally interesting for the exceptionally serene POV of the murderer (and is maybe interesting to Miss Marple fans because it takes place in exotic London), but the actual "mystery" is pretty thin gruel. This was DCI Davy with help from Miss Marple, rather than a straight Miss Marple, but was well-plotted and had endearing characters like Canon Pennyfather and his housekeeper. It made me want to stay at a hotel in London. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: At Bertram's Hotel the intrepid Miss Marple, on holiday in London, must solve a deadly mystery at the end of a chain of very violent events. An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be.... When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service, and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly-polished veneer. Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day.... .No library descriptions found. |
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