The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie is a quick little mystery that could easily be read in one sitting.

This was the first book I had read by this author, and I don’t think I chose a great place to start…

This tale was centered around the determination to solve the case of a murder.

When the body of a young woman was discovered one morning, the husband calls for the inspectors, which was understandable. But then, the first thing the wife of the house did was call a Miss Marple to come investigate.

Of course, word gets out and it’s not long before the townsfolk begin gossiping. They began suspecting certain people and the story quickly got a bit twisted.

While reading, I did enjoy this one. But to be honest, I found myself powering through just to see how the case was resolved. At one point, I had a coworker ask if I was reading anything good, and my response was, “Well, I’m reading my first Agatha Christie novel and it’s all about a body that was found in a library. I can’t say I’m really enjoying it, but I want to find out who the murderer was…”

The worst part? When the mystery was finally solved, I was left feeling a little deflated.

I wish that I had known this was the third book in the Miss Marple series… I think I may have done myself a bit of a disservice by not doing my research first. I enjoyed the read, but I didn’t care about a single character and that made it difficult to care about the story overall.

I think I’ll snag the first two books from the library one day, then perhaps give this one a read again.