At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery

I love Agatha Christie and I love her Miss Marple. I have been watching The Miss Marple BBC Television series, both runs! I had watched both versions of this book and wondered how they stacked up to the real thing. I have to admit that I liked the TV series better! Miss Marple is more flushed out there, but the book was worth buying and reading, as it was interesting to see how Christie saw her character! But saying all of that, reading Christie is a joy to the spirit, as she is a wonderful writer that always tells an interesting tale!

One of the better stories of Agatha Christie. Good characters, particularly the ‘bovine’ detective, Inspector Davys.This particular Kindle version was not a good one. It had formatting flaws with apostrophes, quotation marks, dashes, and most other grammatical symbols.Highly recommended. A great read.

At tea time at Bertram’s Hotel, the muffins are so good, the butter runs down your chin. The eggs are poached so correctly, they carry Miss Marple back to 1909. Bertram’s is as comfortable and comforting as it was in the Edwardian era. It’s almost too good to be true…Miss Jane Marple is there for a short London holiday financed by her kind relatives. She has tea in the lounge, observing the comings and goings. Concealed in a high back chair (not on purpose!) she overhears shocking conversations. She runs into people in unexpected corners of London having secret assignations. She sees so much — while no one ever notices her, she looks so old and ineffectual.But once again, Miss Marple is able to help the police in their inquiries. A wise old inspector discovers her and appreciates her powers of observation. Incredible things follow, including a a fatal shooting.There are some wonderful characters in this mystery. One of my favorites is the elderly, scholarly, incredibly absentminded Canon Pennyfather.

Agatha Christie never disappoints. Providing many clues and suspects was such fun in a hotel setting. Until the end, I had not figured out the crime. A good read for the amateur sleuth!

I had a hard time getting into this book at the beginning. Not sure why, maybe a lot of characters to sort through. Ended up being a good story, but a little convoluted and hard to get through.

While it might not be the most well-known of the Miss Marple books, it does give us a glimpse of the childhood of little Jane Marple! Of course, there's a murder, and a mystery to be solved. But I focused on something we rarely see in an Agatha Christie book, the back story of one of her detectives. Miss Marple goes to Bertram's Hotel for two weeks, a treat paid for by her nephew. While there she visits places she visited as a child. Of course, things have changed and like most older people, she realizes time has gone by and changes are necessary. But she visits shops, gets items she needs and makes notes of people she sees (and later become part of the murder mystery). I'm an anglophile. I love reading and watching movies about the everyday life of British folks. For that reason, I enjoyed this Miss Marple a lot.

I came to Miss Marple late, having enjoyed Poirot's adventures and the various (and sometimes superior) stand-alones. My favorite, after all these years, remains 'The Mysterious Mr. Quin". That said, I find the 'Marple' books to be a step above Poirot. I was always put off by her film representations, but the novels are terrific. I've yet to see a Marple book given the treatment that 'Murder on the Orient Express' has received. Sure, that was a great story. But many 'Marples' are even better. She's not a doddering fool, and Hollywood could benefit from her presence.

I bought this $.99 version of the book and couldn't wade through it because of the messy words! 😖

Along with Murder At the Vicarage, this is one of my favourite Miss Marple mysteries. The elegant Bertram's Hotel in London makes its elderly guests feel transported back to a lovely old-fashioned past, but is it too good to be true? Chief Inspector Davy (known as Father) and Miss Jane Marple certainly believe so. I've read this one several times over the years and always enjoy it.

This story was quite different from the usual Miss Marple books, and more interesting for that. Miss Marple provided a reason for the setting, but she wasn't integral to the plot. The plot was very cleverly thought out. The denouement was good. The narrative was well paced and focused. The characters all had a clear role.

Agatha Christie siempre es una maestra de la psicología humana. Muy buena trama aunque no es de mis libros preferidos.

Soddisfatta, arrivato prima del previsto. Libro come da descrizione.

Deceptive with the character of Father sharing almost equal footage as Ms Marple. Good one. Good plot and good suspense.