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Miss Marple Omnibus: "Caribbean Mystery", "Pocket Full of Rye", "Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side", "They Do It with Mirrors" v. 2

By: Agatha Christie
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 0006499600
ISBN-13: 9780006499602
Released: 10 Jul 1997
RRP: £14.99
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Vintage Miss Marple - By: Roman Clodia, 17 Dec 2006
I have to say this is a slightly mixed bag of Miss Marple mysteries: Pocket full of rye is one of my favourites, & they do it with mirrors one of my least favourite, with the other two fallling somewhere in between. I think Miss Marple works best in her home village of St Mary's Mead & so having her in the Caribbean is slightly odd... still, alll the Christie trademarks are here: great characters, witty writing & the sheer overwhelming ability to tell a great story & pull the wool over our eyes!
Miss Marple Omnibus 2 - By: , 12 Jan 2003
This collection of Miss Marple mysteries is excellent. Agatha Christie is at her very best with them. I could not put the book down until I had finished alll the stories which made for a very enjoyable weekend. Each story is superbly crafted and, if like me, you always see the characters & action unfold in your imagination then you will not be disappointed.
An Elderly Spinster as Nemesis - By: , 23 Jul 2002
You can hardly imagine meeting a person who is not at alll acquainted with the name of Miss Marple. Buying the whole Omnibus series is an excellent way of getting to know this absolutely brilliant detective better & enjoy her company.

I've chosen the third volume of the Omnibus series for my review partiallly because I haven't found any synopsis next to it so I decided it could be more helpful, & also because alll the four stories in it are very different one from another & equallly brilliant.

As the good vicar says in "The Murder at the Vicarage", no detective in England can equal an elderly spinster with plenty of time on her hands. But in these four novels Miss Marple appears not only as a great sleith, but as a compassionate & very sensible person in constant search of Justice, however dangerous it might become. Other people are drawn by love, hate, money, - she isn't.

The third volume consists of the novels "Nemesis", "Sleeping Murder", "At Bertram's Hotel" & "The Murder at the Vicarage", & apart from the excellent mystery & some very funny remarks on human nature, contain the splendid soothing discovery: justice is not blind, she is a shrewd old spinster witha remarkably good eyesight & a particular taste for "bird-watching". Read the stories, & at the end you will most inevitably ask youself "Who would I remind Miss Marple of?"...

And then maybe you will buy a pair of binoculars, take up some knitting (not necessary, but has a certain charm) & become an excellent amateur detective!