I assumed a Miss Marple book would’ve from the POV of Marple herself, and not some random man aka the vicar. So that was a disappointing start, and I didn’t particular enjoy his POV, as he had some commentary about women which I’m sure was normal in the 1930s but wasn’t to my taste in 2025. I wanted a cool woman investor, not some man roasting women. And Christie’s dry English  humor also didn’t really do it for me. 

Also a BUNCH of characters were all introduced right at the beginning and it was hard to keep track of them throughout.

Thus, I skipped to the last three chapters to see whodunnit and then DNFed.