Miss Jane Marple is staying at London's very expensive Bertram's Hotel when someone disreputable checks in-and tarnishes the bastion of tradition with new blood.
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“Miss Christie’s pearly talent... shimmers steadily in this tale.”
—New Yorker
—New Yorker
About the Author
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in one hundred foreign countries. She is the author of eighty novels and short-story collections, nineteen plays, and six novels under the name Mary Westmacott. She died in 1976.
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Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Miss Marple goes on vacation to stay at Bertram's Hotel. If you were thinking she was going to have some kind of adventure like she did in _A Caribbean Mystery_ or _Nemesis_ while she was on vacation, think again. If you enjoy Miss Marple because she comes up with these wacky village parallels, you are going to be disappointed. There aren't many here. A large part of the detecting is done my Chief Inspector Davy. Miss Marple is merely a side character in this one -- she really isn't super involved except when Davy talks to her during his investigations. She is more a "witness" than a sleuth.
Granted, by this point she is rather old, so at least Christie keeps her doing things within her capabilities!
The description of the hotel are great, and the premise of the plot had some nice possibilities but I don't think this was as well mapped out as some of the other Agatha Christie mysteries. If you are a long time reader, you are going to guess whodunit fairly quickly.
Overall, it's ok, but not one of the best. The Miss Marple short stories (ex: Thirteen Problems) are better.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the best of Agatha Christie's later mysteries. Miss Marple has found the perfect spot to stay for her vacation. Nothing ever seems to change at Bertram's Hotel, everything is just as it was before the war. But is this all this charming gentility merely a facade for something far more dangerous?
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This novel by the ever wonderful Agatha Christie is very exact and detailed. It had a twisted plot and suspicious characters. But! It was also from several people's point of view. The scene kept changing so you had to say "Okay, who is seeing this and what are they most likely to think". In other titles by Christie the story is from one point of view. The entire story is based around one person's story and mode of thinking. That is why I give Bertram's four and not five stars.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
well......not the best
I've loved every Christie book I've read. This one kinda stunk. Miss Marple may as well have not even been in it. It's as though she was added as an afterthougt to the story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ec
One of Christie's Best - Rosemary Leach is a great reader
This Rosemary Leach version of this audiobook is one of the best out there. I wish they offered it on iTunes. I love this book - very, very cozy and great characters.
Published 2 months ago by Chelsea A. Woodall
Um hotel antigo de Londres, da era Edwardiana, não tem uma reputação...
Mas quando Miss Marple vem do campo, para um fim de semana em Londres, pago por seu sobrinho rico, ela encontra o que esperava no Hotel Bertram, que ela havia visitado... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lili Machado
A Different Christie
Bertram's, a central London hotel, attracts a wealthy and staid clientele. It specializes in creating an old-world ambiance for those who want to relive days past. Read more
Published 16 months ago by LH422
An okay read
I was pretty engaged throughout the story, but found the ending implausible and not well-developed. I also thought that the Blake character, the flamboyant lady, was pretty... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Malke
Jane Marple, Moralist
Bertram's Hotel is located in London's fashionable West End; Mayfair to be precise. A stay at Bertram's is like a visit to the past; Late Victorian England to be precise. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Douglas S. Wood
Very enjoyable Marple
At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
Black Dog & Leventhal, 1965
270 pages
Miss Marple Mystery
4/5 stars
Summary: Bertram's Hotel seems like a nice... Read more
Black Dog & Leventhal, 1965
270 pages
Miss Marple Mystery
4/5 stars
Summary: Bertram's Hotel seems like a nice... Read more
Published 20 months ago by bookworm1858
Solid Mystery With Subtle Wit
I can't claim to be a real Agatha Christie aficionado, not at the moment. My dad has always loved her books, and so I read a couple of the most famous ones back in high school and... Read more
Published 21 months ago by John
Miss Marple is on holiday at Bertram's Hotel but murder takes no...
Dame Agatha Christie the doyen of delicious English murder mysteries published "At Bertram's Hotel" in 1965. Read more
Published 22 months ago by C. M Mills
"The Children of Lucifer are Often Beautiful..."
"Bertram's Hotel" was one of Miss Marple's later adventures, and (though I hate to say it) she's slowing down a little. Read more
Published on April 20, 2010 by R. M. Fisher
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In the heart of the West End, there are many quiet pockets, unknown to almost all but taxi drivers who traverse them with expert knowledge, and arrive triumphantly thereby at Park Lane, Berkeley Square, or South Audley Street. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Marple, Canon Pennyfather, Chief Inspector Davy, Miss Gorringe, Bertram's Hotel, Bess Sedgwick, Colonel Luscombe, Lady Sedgwick, Inspector Campbell, Michael Gorman, Lady Selina, Ladislaus Malinowski, Archdeacon Simmons, Elvira Blake, Sir Ronald, Miss Blake, Pond Street, Justice Ludgrove, Morris Oxford, General Radley, Irish Mail, Miss Elvira, Battersea Park, Cromwell Road, Lucerne Conference New!
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In the heart of the West End, there are many quiet pockets, unknown to almost all but taxi drivers who traverse them with expert knowledge, and arrive triumphantly thereby at Park Lane, Berkeley Square, or South Audley Street. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Marple, Canon Pennyfather, Chief Inspector Davy, Miss Gorringe, Bertram's Hotel, Bess Sedgwick, Colonel Luscombe, Lady Sedgwick, Inspector Campbell, Michael Gorman, Lady Selina, Ladislaus Malinowski, Archdeacon Simmons, Elvira Blake, Sir Ronald, Miss Blake, Pond Street, Justice Ludgrove, Morris Oxford, General Radley, Irish Mail, Miss Elvira, Battersea Park, Cromwell Road, Lucerne Conference New!
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- The Tuesday Club Murders: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries) by Agatha Christie in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie in Front Matter
- Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie in Front Matter
- The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie in Front Matter
- Evil under the Sun (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie in Front Matter
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- The Problem of Crime (Published in association with The Open University) by John Muncie on 4 pages
- Forever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars by Alison Light on page 105, and Back Matter
- The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery by Bruce F. Murphy on page 73, and page 330
- Mystery!: A Celebration by Ron Miller on page 51, and Index
- Performing Women: Stand-Ups, Strumpets and Itinerants by Alison Oddey on page 216
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