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A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple)
A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple) | Agatha Christie
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An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed...
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jenniferw88
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#roll100 @PuddleJumper

Decided to just post the book I hope to get to this month.

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jlhammar
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My ninth Miss Marple mystery of the year. A fun, quick read. Jane and cranky Mr. Rafiel made an entertaining pair. I love how resourceful Miss Marple becomes in these later mysteries. Her physical capabilities are becoming more limited with old age, but that doesn‘t stop her from being a detective extraordinaire!

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MelliMel1980
A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie

Well I do so enjoy a good mystery..

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MelliMel1980
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Upgraded my paper-white yesterday

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Teresereading
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#ArtfulAugust Day 4 #Boat
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I love these Art Deco style AG cover designs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect!! 🛶 2y
Eggs Great cover❤️🚢 💙 2y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Bailedbailed

I jumped ship on Page 4‼

Pejorative reference to a gay man. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I know some will say it's how things were in Agatha Christie's day. Just ignore it. But no I'm not wasting my time when I've so many other things I want to read. 👎 #summertimestack

Bits Agreed! 3y
Hazel2019 I would do the same thing. Some things are hard to overlook. 3y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Bits @Hazel2019 Agatha Christie hasn't aged well. 3y
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suvata
A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie
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#LMPBC Round 10 - #GroupM
@MaleficentBookDragon @LiteraryinLititz

@suvata has mailed a book to @Bookwormjillk

This was a really fun round. Thanks to everyone who participated. #GoAgatha

Bookwormjillk It was really fun! I have a few pages to go, and I‘ll mail to @MaleficentBookDragon later this week. 3y
MaleficentBookDragon This has been a great round! We should do it again. 3y
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suvata
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• Read in February 2021 for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club #LMPBC Round 10 - #GroupM (Agatha Christie)

Murders aplenty at the Golden Palm resort on the Caribbean island of St Honoré. It‘s a good thing Miss Marple happens to be there on vacation!

I finished this but I am not going to send it to the next person in the group until the end of the month. Just so there‘s no confusion. A very enjoyable book.

Bookwormjillk Glad you liked it! 3y
EadieB @suvata When does the sign-ups start for #LMPBC Round 11? 3y
suvata @EadieB Soon, very soon 3y
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EadieB @suvata Ok! Could you tag me when it is set up? 3y
EadieB @suvata Thanks! 3y
suvata @EadieB You‘re welcome. I told you it would be soon. I was working on it when I got your message. LOL 3y
EadieB @suvata Perfect timing! 3y
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suvata
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Reading next month‘s #LMPBC book while my husband binges Cobra Kai #BooklyWinterReadathon2021 #Bookly

HOTPock3tt I remember listening to an audiobook while MY husband binged Cobra Kai! 😂LOL! @suvata 3y
suvata @HOTPock3tt Husbands! What are you gonna do with them? LOL 3y
HOTPock3tt Use TV to keep them entertained so we can READ!! ❤️😁😂👍🏽 @suvata 3y
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suvata @HOTPock3tt Absolutely! That‘s the plan. 3y
HOTPock3tt @suvata 😁❤️🎉 3y
Amandajoy I love that bookmark! 🌮 3y
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Jaimelire
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During the pandemic, what has been your go-to genre of books? To escape and unwind?
I used to read a lot of historical fiction but find that, now, I am reading mainly cozy mysteries. ☕️

Librarybelle During the first few months of the pandemic, I listened to a lot of regency romance, which is definitely not my usual genre. I read it occasionally, but not to the excess I did then. Cozies are another great genre for their lightness and quick readability! 3y
Eyelit In the first couple months of the pandemic I listened to A LOT of celebrity memoirs. Now I‘m mostly back to my regular pattern of reading - just more emphasis on audio over print. I‘m curious if that‘s going to last tho 🙂 3y
MicheleinPhilly British detective series. I ❤️ them anyway but have leaned into them HARD over the last 10 months. 3y
Reviewsbylola I would say it hasn‘t really changed my reading preferences at all! Kind of surprising. 3y
Jaimelire @MicheleinPhilly me too! I am obsessed. Any good ones you recommend? 3y
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suvata
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I‘m in Agatha Christie heaven. I received the last book for #LMPBC Round 10 - #GroupM plus several other books from @LiteraryinLititz today. Thank you so much. That was quite a pleasant surprise.🙂

LiteraryinLawrence Glad it arrived! So the 2 books that aren‘t the book club books are from @MaleficentBookDragon . If you don‘t already own them, they‘re yours! ☺️ 3y
suvata Well thank you also to @MaleficentBookDragon. After I read the ones that I haven‘t read yet, they will be put into my #LittleFreeLibrary. The people in my community will love them. 3y
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LiteraryinLawrence
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This was great fun! I loved rereading this one alongside the rest of my #lmpbc! I‘m really grateful that I don‘t remember details that well so I can truly go into these Agathas again without any head start. 😋

@suvata Tomorrow I‘ll be mailing out your January book, this one (your February book) and some extra books that @MaleficentBookDragon included in the mailer that I already own! And @Bookwormjillk just keeping you in the loop on your book!

suvata Nice! I will keep my eyes peeled for it. 3y
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Susanita
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Another tidy little mystery from Dame Agatha. I faltered a bit in the middle, but in the end I read more than half of the #authoramonth selections.

I bought this at a cute little bookstore on a gloomy but glorious day in Edinburgh that now seems like part of another life.

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MaleficentBookDragon

Yay! I guessed another killer. I really enjoyed this #LMPBC pick.

LiteraryinLawrence I just received this today, so early! Thanks! 3y
BarbaraBB Have you received my #jolabokaflodswap yet? According to my track and trace it has been in the US since 7 December so I wonder why it takes so long to get to you 🤷🏻‍♀️🤞🏽 3y
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Suchethaaahh
A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie

“The truth must be quite plain, if one could just clear away the litter“

Simple and subtle, sophisticated yet, just what we can expect from Agatha !

#HolidayVibes
#xoxoAllTheWayFromIndia

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Miss Marple has really grown on me as a sleuth. I love how she uses people's ageist and sexist assumptions about elderly ladies to her advantage. I thought the twists and turns in this case were great. They kept me guessing! Content warning though about a few racist remarks that come out of characters' mouths but are implicitly supported by the text.

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Bookwormjillk
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Overall a pick, but man some of this did not age well.
#LMPBC will be mailing on Friday

Reign_5.0 Lol. I'm sorry it was just funny how you put it. 3y
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Bookwormjillk
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Afternoon plans #NovelNovember

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Bookwormjillk
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The air outside hurt my face when I went for a walk today, so I‘m happy to be inside now reading about Miss Marple‘s trip to the Caribbean 🌴🌴🌴

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I walked the dog this morning & my right ear hurt. I'm not ready for that weather yet. 3y
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GenreFictionFan99
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Love this!

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GenreFictionFan99
A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie

An old favourite I haven't read in a while.

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BriannaT
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Mehso-so

I usually love Agatha Christie, but felt meh with this one. A big “moral” of the story is that it‘s hard to track down truth among rumors, and there‘s always key information in stories we ignore. Ms. Marple wasn‘t paying attention to a story being told, but she realizes later (once the narrator is killed) it was important. She puzzles a lot, but the thing is, the reader has the actual story in the text. This weakens the mystery, in my opinion.

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Aaronlisa
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I read this one between May 10 & 18 and rated it 4 ⭐️. It was the May read for the Agatha Christie 2020 readathon. Well one of the alternate selections. I had read the main pick last year and I would like to read more of Christie‘s books before I reread any. I thoroughly enjoyed this Miss Marple mystery. The cover is a bit misleading as it does not take place on a cruise ship but I do like the cover.

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wanderinglynn
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#ManicMonday #letterC

📚 A Caribbean Mystery
🖋 Agatha Christie
📽 Chocolat
🎤 The Cranberries
🎼 Celebrity Skin, Hole

JoScho Love that song! 💕😊 4y
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Monica5
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There's nothing like an Agatha Christie mystery. No one writes them like she did. We find Ms. Marple in the Caribbean being bored. Of course that changes when there's a murder.

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BookishMe
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#ReadingMM another title ticked off! Was esp eager to read this story set outside the usual rural England.
Plot was little more knotty but no less entertaining!

While returning this, picked up few books for couple of current challenges and also to revisit the late author's writing. #libraryhaul

TheAromaofBooks I do believe Christie's book Nemesis builds on a character introduced in this story, although the details are vague in my mind haha 4y
BookishMe @TheAromaofBooks ooh! That's intriguing. Nemesis is the 2nd book after this. Will try recall characters from here ;D I am reading the MM titles in order though it doesn't matter right ;p like you, I too find many details from her books, I had read years ago, rather vague ;)) 4y
TheAromaofBooks Over the course of a few years I read the Tommy & Tuppence books in published order, then Marple, then Poirot, then the leftovers, and it was sooo fun. I was especially intrigued to find out that Christie wrote final books for Poirot and Marple early in her career and then locked them up - they weren't published until the 70's, I believe (I feel like the Marple one may have even been after Christie died). 4y
BookishMe @TheAromaofBooks such fascinating facts! I enjoyed Tommy & Tuppence books too though the thrill factor didn't feel consistent throughout the series. I used to enjoy Poirot stories during school days but in recent years I find the Marple books more comforting. Have you seen this fun bio? 4y
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umbrellagirl
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Murder follows Miss Marple on holiday. #myyearwithagatha

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Redheadrambles
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was my cozy mystery option for Read Harder and it probably isn‘t the best Miss Marple mystery. I wanted to read one where Marple was on vacation and while it was nice for the setting to be the West Indies, the mystery was a little lacklustre and implausible.

#ReadHarder2019

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erzascarletbookgasm
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Miss Marple is on an exotic holiday, basking in the Caribbean sunshine where ‘Tropical the island breeze,
all of nature wild and free..🎶‘ but soon finds herself entangled in a murder mystery. 👵🏻🔎

#MOvember #LaIslaBonita

batsy Nice one! 🏝️ 4y
Cathythoughts Miss Marple‘s getting involved in the action again 👍🏻😁 4y
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Susanita
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A stamp inside the tagged book is a favorite #bookish item from Typewronger Books. There was also a tiny origami frog that I gave to my sister. #gratefulreads

Texreader That‘s so cool!!! 4y
OriginalCyn620 ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Astroneman
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writerlibrarian
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Mehso-so

It took me almost 3/4 of the book to realize I had read it before. Not my favourite Marple. The colonialist tone was too much for me now. The sexism tone. The plot is well done but this one, written in 1964, was problematic for me. The prism of what people say they are and how they are believe without thought is well done is still relevant now. A more active Miss Marple than usual as it is a closed space, island.

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writerlibrarian
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Friday night reading while watching US Open. #relaxingreading

LeahBergen Your nails look great! 5y
LeeRHarry Great nails - go Rafa! 😊 5y
LauraJ Lovely 🖤 5y
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writerlibrarian
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Next book. To finish off the summer bingo card of my library. I've been reading in order, as one does, the Marple novels for a few years now. I'm up to this one and it checks the last square I need.

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Emu
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Finished this book in the evening sun in the scent from the oregano. #missmarple #holidayreading #vacationbook #summer #agathachristie

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Emu
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I have a soft spot for Agatha Christie-novels. My father‘s cousin left me her collection of all of Ms Christie‘s novels. They are old and not political correct at all, but they are the epitome of holiday reading to me 😀☀️😎📚#agathachristie #missmarple #holidayreading #summer

Henrik_Madsen I read this one on holiday last year so definitely a #vacationbook for me! 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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I‘m afraid this is the only book I‘ve read set in the Caribbean, but Dame Agatha Christie IS the Queen of Crime to this day.

#WanderingJune #caribbeanqueen

CarolynM I loved the Julia McKenzie TV version of this with Robert Webb in the cast 5y
BarbaraBB I like the setting on a cruise ship for an Agatha Christie! I don‘t remember if I read it. Love the cover though - again! 💕 5y
Ruthiella Excellent interpretation of the prompt. Miss Marple is my favorite of Christie‘s sleuths! 5y
Cinfhen Dame Agatha was ahead of her time!!! Great choice and beautiful graphics 5y
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StayCurious
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#wanderingjune @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB In this Miss Marple mystery, she‘s trying to have a nice #dreadlockholiday when murder encroaches on her downtime! Also, not related to the book at all, but I had to add in a reminder of Monica‘s Barbados hair from Friends - hilarious!

Cinfhen Ha!!!! I forgot about that!!! Hilarious 5y
BarbaraBB You may come up with anything about Friends all the time 😂🧡 5y
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Susanita
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Typewronger Books is not in the database, but it‘s delightful. I couldn‘t leave empty handed!

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Beck9lol
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Miss Marple plays up the old lady charms and I‘m confident will find the murderer. I think this will help prepare me for a murder mystery escape room I‘m doing soon. After I mentioned that, a friend suggested I dress up in an old lady wig, sit in a chair the whole time, and give everyone else directions. 👀👣👂🏻🕵🏻‍♀️

Itchyfeetreader The escape room sounds like fun 5y
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erista
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The perfect #caturday afternoon. Starting a Christie mystery while the boys rest.

tpixie Pretty kitties! #Cats Of Litsy 5y
Jaimelire Good book. Enjoy. 5y
Susannah Awww, sweet floofs! 5y
Librarybelle Love this photo! 5y
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jenreads7
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#Booked2019 - a female detective

Although some of the references in this book, though typical of the time it was written, are offensive, Miss Marple is as amazing as ever. I love how everyone underestimates her until the end when she puts it all together and solves the murder.

Cinfhen Congrats❣️❣️❣️❣️You‘ve completed the first quarter🙌🏻 5y
jenreads7 @Cinfhen 🙌🏻 Thank you! 🎉 5y
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jenreads7
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Starting this one today. It will be a “female detective” book for #Booked2019 and a “book published before you were born” for #mmdchallenge. #DoubleDip

MaGoose This one's great. Then read Nemesis, which features Miss Marple and Mr. Rafael (spelling?) again. 5y
jenreads7 @MaGoose Thanks for the suggestion! I haven‘t ever read this one, and I do t believe I‘ve read Nemesis either. I‘m going to look for it now! 5y
Cinfhen ✔️✔️ 5y
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Runner5ive
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House/pet sitting for a friend and I'm powering through my TBR pile. I enjoy a little bit of Christie as a palate cleanser between my urban fantasy. Surprised by how racist the characters are, but I'm sure it's a sign of the times. Thankfully things have changed. The killer was so predictable I expected a curve-ball and that it was someone else, simply because it was 'too simplistic'. Not one of the better Marples, still good

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BarbaraJean
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A Caribbean Mystery: in which Miss Marple takes a Caribbean holiday and, naturally, finds herself in the perfect position to investigate a series of murders at her holiday hotel. 🌴🌞🔪 I just loved stealthy and clever Miss Marple in this one. Some good twists and turns, a few awkward sections about the islanders, quite a few red herrings, and a satisfying conclusion. Shall we call it... three and a half palm trees out of five? 😆
🌴🌴🌴🏝

HKGirl Was this the one with some really awful North American accents? I can't remember if it was this or Nemesis, but I was cringing so hard 😝 6y
BarbaraJean @HKGirl This one had a couple moments of terrible American accents, but they were blessedly brief. Now I‘m worried for Nemesis, since that‘s next in line!! 6y
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BarbaraJean
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Started a new Miss Marple this morning—because I might have been in the middle of four books, but none of them was an audiobook. 😆

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Tamatha
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Second book of the weekend! 📚🤓❤️

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Henrik_Madsen
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Designing covers which shows the point of a mystery without giving it away, is difficult. I don‘t think this one succeeds.

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Ash.on.the.line
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My first Miss Marple mystery. It was pretty good! A series of murders at a hotel. A lot of people to keep straight in this one. Still I got there and couldn‘t guess the murderer as usual lol! I enjoyed the story and can‘t wait for my next!
#MountTBR

Leftcoastzen Love that old cover. 6y
Ash.on.the.line @Leftcoastzen yes the old ones are always eye catching to me! 6y
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