The Body in the Library [Hardcover]

Agatha Christie (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 183 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553350587
• ISBN-13: 978-0553350586
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,311,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!!, September 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Body in the Library (Mass Market Paperback)

Don't listen to those people who said this was boring...it wasgreat!!!! I never suspected the ending, even though I know thatChristie always has the most unlikely person as the murderer. Read it!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of Agatha Christie's finest stories., November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Body in the Library (Mass Market Paperback)

This story has lots of characters and plot twists. Readers will find Miss Marple and her investigation of the crimes to be highly involving. A classic story that will be enjoyed by every Agatha Christie fan.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great mystery, one of the best ones ever written!, December 13, 2005

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The body in the library

When the body of a murdered young woman is found in their library, the Bantry's bring in their old friend, Jane Marple. There's a mystery within a mystery here: who is the murdered girl, and how did she get from where she was last seen to the Bantry's library? There are suspects galore, but only one person can possible get to the truth - Miss Marple!

Jane Marple was the literary creation of that most famous of English mystery writers, Agatha Christie (1890-1976). For those of you unfamiliar with Miss Marple, she was your stereotypical elderly spinster-lady, who loves to gossip and grow her flowers. But, even more, she has a razor-sharp mind that she uses to solve mysteries, using her own brand of lateral thinking that allows her see clearer than anyone else around her.

This is actually Agatha Christie's third Miss Marple novel, written in 1942. (The first one was The Murder at the Vicarage (1930), and the second one was Sleeping Murder, which was written in 1940 but locked away to be published after Ms. Christie's death in 1976.) Overall, I found this to be a fascinating read. If you love a good mystery, then get this book - it is a great mystery, one of the best ones ever written. I give this book my highest recommendations!