TCL’s #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #39 – May 4-31, 2023.I know better now, I said. TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for May 6, 2023. 26 Best Romance Books (Modern & Classic). Contains spoilers, obviously! You should read it yourself first and see how your guesses line up!ĭo people still do blogrolls? Who cares, here are some bookblogs I like to read. Literary Treats has a great readthrough with guesses and solutions. Surely Miss Marple can’t be bumping into every single character, every single time something shady happens? When would she get her shopping done? But it’s not the most far-fetched mystery, and the sweet, fluttery old lady being present at the action but being underestimated by all the major players is kind of a theme in all the Marple books.įans of Agatha Christie will also enjoy the new Marple collection by modern suspense writers and The Woman on the Orient Express. Yes, there are a couple of the extreme coincidences that may strain a reader’s belief. Usually I cringe at descriptions of Americans abroad (You know what I mean, with American tourists loudly refusing to attempt a second language, for example) but this one, about American visitors wanting the British experience, but with good heating and coffee at breakfast… well, ok, fine. There’s also a lot about “real” British food and how to cater to Americans. I liked the digressions about a heiress unable to get ahold of her inheritance, and some of the minor characters deserve their own books. It’s a page turner, you definitely want to see how all the odd events resolve, but the book’s not in a hurry. Who is actually respectable in this thoroughly British, thoroughly upper-class London hotel?Īt Bertram’s Hotel has a twisty story with coincidences and fun twists. But here, at Bertram’s Hotel, it’s really the main plot. Duke might be *gasp* a retired tradesman, so no one wants to question his background too much in case they should be confronted with this information and have to decide whether to continue to socialize with him. 
I’m thinking of that entire subplot in The Sittaford Mystery where everyone suspects that Mr. I really enjoyed this one because some of Christie’s novels, and specifically Miss Marple’s mysteries, have this quieter theme of respectability and respectable appearances. Just going to pause in reviewing new releases and upcoming releases to talk about At Bertram’s Hotel, by Agatha Christie.
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