SLEEPING MURDER by Agatha Christie | Miss Marple Book Review

We've got the next Miss Marple review up today: NEMESIS by Agatha Christie!!
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Books Mentioned:
MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
THE THIRTEEN PROBLEMS
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY
THE MOVING FINGER
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS
A POCKET FULL OF RYE
4:50 FROM PADDINGTON
THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE
A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY
AT BERTRAM'S HOTEL
NEMESIS
SLEEPING MURDER
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[@takingteawithcatherine]

I need to read this. I keep telling everyone it was the bestselling novel the week I was born. Didn't realize till I was older how close I was to living at the same time as Agatha Christie. Great discussion!

[@iansmith4023]

As I wrote on the thread,I found that the lack of suspects meant that Christie had to play her 'mis-direction cards' a little too blatantly. Like you,on my first read I was pretty certain I'd worked out who the murderer was - but,unlike you,I didn't think Christie would be quite so dark;and was proved wrong :) The first three chapters,though,are quite possibly the best example in her entire oevre of Christie's storytelling technique pulling the reader in. I didn't really care that the identity of the murderer was a little obvious,because I was won over by the strength of the initial set-up. Looking forward to your review of the next one. Imo,the short stories in Final Cases are (on the whole) more interesting than those in Thirteen Problems.

[@bookslikewhoa]

Totally agree that those first few chapters really suck the reader into the story-- I found this one compulsively readable

[@s.rankith7056]

​@@bookslikewhoa I knew it was always the doctor.but this gets boring throughout the middle

[@lolitaflores140]

I loved this book from Agatha Christie!! Glad you liked it too ❤️🦋 I really think your review is spot on 👏👏

[@danecobain]

Marvellous review! And that Straight Outta St. Mary Mead mug is amazing, I see they do them as tshirts too! :o

[@TheBibliothecaire]

Have not read this one but now I must! It sounds fantastic! Great review!!!

[@eamongilligan3262]

Hurrah, I'm so glad you loved this one; it's definitely a favourite of mine as I've said before. The aspect around the reputation of the victim and how that could be shaped by those still living was something I liked in particular. And that mug is brilliant! I want one! 😂

[@bookslikewhoa]

Agreed! I like it when Christie plays with the narrative around a victim vs. the reality of their behavior or motives

[@uma.n2680]

imagine getting a spoiler of something written 400 years ago, i always wanted to read the duchess of malfi, whyyyyyyy !!!! love Sleeping Murder tho

[@debralavoie9095]

This book sounds great! Thanks for the review.

[@memfresh7464]

I’m reading this book now. Trying to rebuild my Agatha Christie collection.☺️

[@32446]

One of her best!!

[@nochumlevi4585]

I was right now watching all the mission marple videos and then I wondered where is the review for sleeping murder and then this just popped up and I was like OHHH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bookslikewhoa]

You ask, I deliver ;)

[@prolifik5]

I also zeroed in on the murderer early on, but I was thrown off when there was another murder later on which it seemed (based on how the scenes were presented) that my prime suspect couldn't have committed. Outside of that, my only complaint was that a few of the coincidences were kind of insane even for the standards of this genre.

[@cathyl3526]

I laughed out loud at that mug.

[@oskarm646]

Btw is Joan the same person as Joyce Lempiere from The Thirteen Problems?

[@bubblegammu]

I dunno, I cracked the case pretty early, and I am not even good at guessing these things..I was totally disappointed with this book...

[@lojainassiri7780]

Can u plz talk about agatha Christie (the unexpected guest) i never saw anyone talk about it ...thanks👍🏻

[@bookslikewhoa]

I don't really cover the plays on here, sorry! :)

[@LisbethJimenez]

My question is a bit off topic, I get nostalgic for Christie just about every 5 years (Yes I am old (Yes I started reading them when I was young (yes this was YA back in the day) How often do you re-read Christie?

[@bookslikewhoa]

Before these projects, I would often reread through audio on my favorites-- maybe one every couple of months? It will be interesting once these projects are done to see how I do or don't change my rereading habits with her

[@anthony3557]

SPOILERS AHEAD With regards to the ‘murderer with underlying sexual obsession for their sibling’ trope, I went off Agatha Christie a bit maybe 20 years ago when I realised how many of the Miss Marples had the intended victim turn out to be the murderer. After ‘At Bertram’s Hotel’ and ‘A murder is announced’, I was muttering “oh, not again ...” when I read ‘The mirror crack’d’. I imagine it’s true of non-Marple books too, but it seems a high proportion for novels all featuring the same detective.

[@bookslikewhoa]

I hadn't thought about that, but you're definitely right that several Marples fit that bill. It's also something that pops in her other books, but it may just feel more like a Marple thing given the percentage of the overall canon for Marple

[@SacredKeepTarot]

I really enjoyed this novel

[@stephanierobb4486]

Would you recommend reading mission marple the way you have

[@bookslikewhoa]

I'll give my full thoughts in the wrap up, but in a nutshell, I'd recommend reading in order that they were written rather than order of publication

[@stephanierobb4486]

bookslikewhoa thank you I will have to google

[@mohamadalwadi3166]

It's fantastic crime novel.

[@karentumbel9211]

i've just read the book, it's awesome. Thank you for your review.

[@locutusdborg126]

My least fav Marple. I like Vicarage and 13 Problems. I prefer Marple to Poirot, so shoot me.

[@marcevan1141]

I didn't love this one either although I was very intrigued at the beginning. Why didn't you like it?

[@s.rankith7056]

​@@marcevan1141 cuz it gets very laggy and boring.And miss marple is not really investigating.and I knew if there was a doctor in christie,he is certainly the murderer