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At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries) (original 1965; edition 2011)

by Agatha Christie (Author)

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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....

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4 alternates | English | Primary description for language | score: 64
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out... 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...
23 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 50
During a vacation in London, Miss Marple becomes suspicious of the other guests in her too-dignified West End hotel.
4 alternates | English | score: 10
Miss Marple is taking a holiday in London and has chosen Bertram's Hotel for its traditional decor, good service and unmistakeable atmosphere of danger. However not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events that will soon occur.
1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 7
The London police trace a series of thefts to Bertram's Hotel while Miss Marple is there on vacation. Abduction, train robbery, and the murder of the doorman all confuse the authorities, but Miss Marple deduces the truth to solve the crime.
English | score: 6
AT BERTRAM’S HOTEL 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… 'Agatha Christie' was born in Torquay 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 79 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is attribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots. A HOTEL PROVIDES A PERFECT BACKDROP FOR MYSTERY ON A GRAND SCALE
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 5
Miss Jane Marple has checked into Bertram's Hotel in London for a much-needed vacation. The last thing she expects is that this elegant establishment, known for its service and old-world charm, could be embroiled in scandal. But after a series of strange events—including the disappearance of a fellow guest, the arrival of a notorious celebrity bad boy, and finally, a shocking murder—she finds herself drawn into a multifaceted mystery. The hotel is full of suspects who have potential motives—and convenient alibis. While the local inspector is preoccupied with a series of recent robberies, only Miss Marple, with her shrewd observations and keen understanding of human nature, can sort out the puzzling sequence of events and zero in on the killer.
2 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 5
On holiday, Miss Marple senses something sinister at Bertram's Hotel. She's right: the police believe some of the guests are involved with criminals. Abduction, train robbery, and the murder of the hotel's doorman confuse the authorities, but Miss Marple deduces the truth.
English | score: 4
A holiday at the famous Bertram's Hotel in London turns out to be rather eventful for Miss Marple. One of the guests is the oft married Lady Bess Sedgwick, who seems to be very friendly with racing driver Ladislaus Malinowski. Bess's estranged daughter Elvira is also staying at Bertram's and it seems that she too knows Ladislaus rather well. Where does the rather vague Canon Pennyfather fit in with these glamorous people and why was he abducted? With her customary wisdom Jane Marple pulls together the strands of this strange puzzle.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
Miss Jane Marple is staying at London’s very expensive Bertram’s Hotel when someone disreputable checks in—and tarnishes the bastion of tradition with new blood.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
Novel is set in a restored London hotel which continues to court a pre-World War II clientele to mix with guests who exhibit changing contemporary values. The plot centers on the efforts of Miss Jane Marple to uncover a gang of criminals who are using Bertram's as their home base and endangering the lives of innocent guests.
1 alternate | English | score: 3
There may be a connection between a string of bank and train robberies and the posh, inviting Bertram's Hotel, where quite inexplicable things happen...even murder! Miss Marple must dive beneath the surface and deduce the truth.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Miss Marple thinks Bertram's is a little too proper and maybe a little sinister. And then Bess Sedgwick and her daughter check in and the doorman turns up dead.
English | score: 2
Miss Marple helps to uncover a ruthless crime syndicate and solve a mystery at Bertram's hotel.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Miss Jane Marple's relaxing weeklong stay at London's high-class Bertram Hotel is rudely and dangerously interrupted by the murderous actions of a crime syndicate.
English | score: 2
Kriminalroman, der foregår i London på det tilsyneladende respektable Bertram's hotel. Efter et mord kommer politiet, bistået af Miss Marple, dog på sporet af en anden virksomhed på hotellet.
English | score: 2
Jane Marple takes a holiday at Bertram's Hotel in London for a much-needed rest and to relive the happy memories of sojourns there during her youth. The hotel is famous for fully preserving its Edwardian atmosphere - from the proper staff to the elderly guests who frequent the tearoom. The décor is well appointed, and the service is impeccable. But with her keen powers of observation, Miss Marple quickly realizes all is not as it seems. The hotel is too good to be true - it's actually a façade for a much more sinister business. Can Miss Marple help Scotland Yard uncover the truth beneath the web of lies surrounding this historic hotel?
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
On holiday at London’s chic Bertram’s Hotel, Miss Marple finds the place so correct in every detail that she grows suspicious. Soon the police arrive to investigate a tip regarding a gang of criminals based in the hotel. Abduction, train robbery, and murder muddy the waters, but Miss Marple sees clearly who is responsible
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Miss Marple is being treated to a few days’ holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram’s Hotel, a dignified establishment tucked away in a back street of busy London. But Miss Marple suspects something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer. Why are so many crimes associated with the hotel, or somehow implicate eminently respectable people staying there? June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Sentimentality draws Miss Jane Marple to Bertram's Hotel, the bastion of Edwardian London. Here, duchesses, retired clergymen, generals & impressionable Americans can indulge in the comforts of a forgotten era. It seems the perfect place for Miss Marple, but she feels uneasy. Everything runs with such precision here, as if it were a well-managed play, too perfect to watch
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Dame Agatha Christie is the world's best-known mystery writer. Her books have sold over two billion copies worldwide and have been translated into 44 foreign languages. During a writing career that spanned more than half a century, she created two of the world's most famous detectives. Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. The author of 79 novels and short story collections, she was also an accomplished playwright--one of her 14 plays, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history. She published six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott and wrote four non-fiction books, including an autobiography. Several of her books, including Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, were made into hugely successful films. She died in 1976.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
He's bad, blue and brilliant Follow Megamind on his evil and dastardly mission to control Metro City - and the world - in this novel based on the DreamWorks film.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days' holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram's Hotel, a dignified, unostentatious establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer. Why are so many major crimes associated in some way with the hotel or somehow implicate eminently respectable people staying there? June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of a classic brain-teaser from the Queen of Crime.
1 alternate | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2
Miss Jane Marple is on vacation and loving every minute of her stay at London's eminently expensive bastion of tradition. Bertam's Hotel. but its impeccable old-world reputation is being tarnished -- by new blood. For someone disreputable has just checked in. And what's now going on at Bertam's Hotel is a crime.
English | score: 1
Miss Jane Marple finds the genteel, traditional atmosphere of Bertram's Hotel tainted by crime.
English | score: 1
Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days' holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram's Hotel, a dignified, unostentatious establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age.But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer...
English | score: 1
Miss Marple feels uncomfortable at the posh old Bertram's Hotel, as though something sinister were lying in wait.
English | score: 1
Jane Marple takes a holiday at Bertram's hotel in London for a much-needed rest and to relive the happy memories of sojourns there during her youth. The hotel is famous for fully preserving its Edwardian atmosphere -- from the proper staff to the elderly guests who frequent the tearoom. The décor is well appointed, and the service is impeccable. Jane's vacation takes a sinister turn when a hotel maid is found strangled on the roof. Always curious and observant, the intrepid Miss Marple launches her own investigation, and is soon assisted by another Jane, also a hotel maid. When an attempt is made on the life of hotel guest, the two Janes work together in an effort to find a motive -- and identify a kil
English | score: 1
Miss Marple's stay at one of London's luxury hotels is interrupted by a murder that demands her attention.
English | score: 1
A grand old London hotel A series of alarming coincidences Danger lurking down every corridor Impeccable service. Luxurious rooms. Eccentric guests. There are worse places for Canon Pennyfather to find himself stranded than Bertram's Hotel.
English | score: 1
Bertram's Hotel is a bastion of society and a meeting place for the aristocracy. But it may also be a safe haven for some of the most clever thieves in England. Around the time of Miss Marple's visit, a rash of holdups and thefts are plaguing England. Is it a coincidence that in at least two incidences, suspects in the robberies were discovered to have been residing at Bertram's Hotel at the very moment that they were seen elsewhere committing their villainous acts?
English | score: 1
Jane Marple is being treated to a few days' holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram's Hotel - a dignified, establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. It is a place where sedate upper-class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer. Why are so many major crimes associated in some way with the hotel and those eminently respectable people staying there? Instead of rest and relaxation, Miss Marple finds herself hard at work as she attempts to discover what goes on behind closed doors. Si?n Phillips and Maurice Denham are among the cast of this absorbing mystery, starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 1
Ariadne Oliver organizes a murder hunt as the main event for a village fete. The set, on the grounds of Sir George & Lady Stubbs' estate, is perfectly arranged. But is it too realistic? Ariadne senses something sinister, & calls on her old friend Hercule Poirot for help
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 1
At Bertram's Hotel, dowager duchesses, retired clergymen, generals & impressionable Americans indulge in lavish Edwardian elegance
English | score: 1
Bertram's Hotel im Herzen Londons - hier scheint die Zeit stehen geblieben zu sein. Genau das Richtige für Miss Marple, die sich in viktorianischem Ambiente und bei bestem Service den verdienten Urlaub gönnt. Schon bald ist es mit der Ruhe jedoch vorbei. Als einer der vornehmen Gäste spurlos verschwindet, will niemand etwas gesehen haben. Das aber ist erst der Beginn einer ganzen Reihe von Verbrechen ... Agatha Christie begründete den modernen britischen Kriminalroman und avancierte im Laufe ihres Lebens zur bekanntesten Krimiautorin aller Zeiten. Ihre beliebten Krimihelden Hercule Poirot und Miss Marple sind einem Millionenpublikum bekannt. Christie starb im Alter von 85 Jahren am 12. Januar 1976.
German | Primary description for language | score: 2
Kriminalroman. Miss Marple holder ferie i London på Bertrams Hotel, som rummer mange kære barndomsminder for hende, men hun fornemmer straks en anderledes og truende atmosfære, og hendes bange anelser viser sig at holde stik.
1 alternate | Danish | Primary description for language | score: 12
SW: Fremdsprachige Texte / Englisch.
Arabic | score: 0
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French | Primary description for language | score: 1
Miss Marple er på ferie i London og bor i det fornemme og meget veldrevne Bertrams hotell. Men den perfekte overflaten er kanskje litt for perfekt, og Miss Marple har en merkelig følelse av uro: Noe er galt. Da domprost Pennyfather på uforklarlig vis forsvinner fra hotellet, blir hennes anelser bekreftet...
Norwegian | Primary description for language | score: 1
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Kriminalroman.
Portuguese | score: 0
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