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Loading... The Bloodstained Pavement and Other Stories (1987)by Agatha Christie
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Five Miss Marple short stories taken from The Thirteen Problems When Raymond West, a young writer is entertaining friends they decide that each should tell a story of a mystery, without revealing the answer so that the others can try to guess the outcome. It is felt that with their combined skills and variety of individual experience, they will be able to solve the problems presented. Raymond's contribution is his rich writer's imagination, while Joyce Lempriere sees things through the eyes of a woman as well as an artist. Dr Pender the clergyman, claims to know the hidden side of human character. Mr Petherick, a lawyer, is only interested in the logical approach to the mysteries, whereas Sir Henry Clithering, ex-commissioner of Scotland Yard, is obviously skilled at crime solving generally. And then there is Raymond's Aunt Jane -- a gentle lady with snowy hair and pale blue eyes. Miss Marple joins in to make the sixth member of the group: I'm afraid I am not very clever myself, she claims, but living all these years in St Mary Mead does give one an insight into human nature. Contents The Tuesday Night Club The Idol House of Astarte Ingots of Gold The Bloodstained Pavement Moti No library descriptions found. |
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Hickson's reading is an absolute joy to listen to, not only because she is Miss Marple for myself and many other fans, but because she is a superb reader. Her reading is perfectly paced, and brings the characters to life. The stories themselves are entertaining enough, although are probably best taken two or three at a time rather than all at once, as otherwise the consistent pattern of the stories could become annoying formulaic rather than pleasurable. I found that I usually worked out roughly what had happened and who had done it, but the exact details of how weren't that easy to spot -- although clear enough in hindsight...
A marvellous way to spend a couple of hours, although I may go out and buy the set with the complete "Thirteen Problems" to replace this set and its companion set "The Blue Geranium and other problems", which don't quite cover the full 13 between them. ( )