One of my favorite Agatha Christie novels!

The way Miss Marple describes Bertram's Hotel; the same as it had been in her childhood and bringing back wonderful feelings and memories...this is how I felt reading this book again (and all AC books truly). It also cracks me up that the hotel has "special prices" for older ladies so they can set the scene for old British society for the travelers.

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It almost seems like that desription was a hint to the readers, now that I have finished it; the hotel really was a set stage, but for something much more sinister and truly brilliant.

I've read a lot of modern cozy mysteries, but none of the characters trumps Miss Marple. She is the original nosy civilian and she does an amazing job of solving crimes simply by observation. But unlike

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Bertram's Hotel, this novel is not too good to be true. I did not suspect Bess at all and I CERTAINLY didn't think she would confess to save her daughter. Miss Blake did seem pretty tricky and it all made came together in the end.

It was so interesting and tricky and so many red-herrings. I loved it. This is my second reading and I didn't remember at all what the ending was like.