Sleeping Murder

A young married couple, Gwenda and Giles Reed, purchase a new home in the English village of Dillsmouth. As Gwenda begins renovations, she stunningly comes to realize that this home is actually familiar to her: she lived in it as a young child with her father and stepmother. Beginning an investigation, they learn that Gwenda\’s stepmother, Helen, vanished some 18 years earlier and that her father, Kelvin, committed suicide in a mental facility. Did Gwenda really see Helen\’s dead body when she was a young child? Did Helen run away with an old lover? Did Kelvin kill his wife and go mad? Miss Marple aids in the investigation despite her belief that it might be best to let sleeping murder lie.

I love to read, I enjoy the escape. Where have I been; I have not read an Agatha Christie novel? What fun! The investigation of a murder that happened 16 years ago! I was expecting something dated, something that seemed like it was written a long time ago, and this story is very contemporary. Christie\’s style of writing is current. She introduces her characters and developes them so everyone can be a possible suspect. Often I found my self thinking, \”Aha, so that is the murderer!\” Only to find I was led down a path towards an incorrect conculusion. The book is labeled as \’Miss Marple\’s last case\’ and perhaps that is why she is not as actively involved as I expected. She still explains the final ending thoroughly, and you can think to yourself, \”I never thought of that\”, or, \”she\’s right, it\’s obvious\”. I looked forward to sitting down with my Kindle and Miss Marple, to see where the latest clues would lead, and also, to be thoroughly entertained. I think I should always keep an Agatha Christie novel \”waiting to be read\” on my Kindle for an occasional \’fun read\’

It\’s Agatha Christie, and the novel was wonderful. Aspiring writers would be wise to read and study this amazing lady\’s works… From plot development, to character development, to settings and locations.

Miss Jane Marple has many talents. In this case she shows a capacity to reflect and reconstruct acts retroactively. The plot is interesting. One has to think carefully to discover the murder. Agatha tells the story in a direct manner. Miss Marple comes in the scene in a politely way and gains the confidence of the persons involved. A good reading that shows some of Miss Marple\’s techniques.

Agathat Christie is my all time favorite mystery writer. I have read nearly all of her books. Actually, I even read this one in the past, but forgot about it these many years later. This particular story, I believe, became a BBC production years ago. It may even have been on Masterpiece Mystery.It is a typical Miss Marple mystery about our unassuming older, white- haired friend involving herself, for the most innocent of reasons, into murder investigstions filled with red herrings and dead end paths. And because of her observations into the human condition, is always finding a clue to the solution when she is reminded of someone or other back in her town of Saint Mary-Meade.

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