AGATHA CHRISTIE MARPLE: TWELVE NEW MYSTERIES

AGATHA CHRISTIE MARPLE: TWELVE NEW MYSTERIES by Misc. Authors

October is around the corner! I am not one to get into horror, but a good murder mystery (or in this case 12 mini mysteries) is right up my alley!

When I saw twelve current authors got together to write twelve new Miss Marple mysteries, it was time for a trip to the bookstore! Agatha Christie's elderly spinster that no one seems to notice( yet she notices everything) is one of the greatest crime solvers in literary history. Always comparing people to folks she knows in her quaint, little English village of St. Mary Mead, she notes patterns of behavior that are often overlooked.

This book is fun to read if you are an Agatha Christie fan. It is not quite to her level of writing (I don't know if it is humanly possible to write a Miss Marple at A.C.'s level.), but I still enjoyed it!

HEADS UP- There is a sprinkling of language. One of the stories has a couple of crass remarks about a carrot.

ALONGSIDE ACTIVITIES- BBC has several different Miss Marple serieses. My favorite is the series where Joan Hickson plays Miss Marple. The other ones have an air of silliness that makes it difficult to take them seriously.