This is one of my favorite Christie novels, evoking the warm, breezy atmosphere of the caribbean while riveting us with well-developed characters. Miss Marple's potentially annoying characteristics are downplayed as she takes on the role of "Nemesis," a title given her by the inimitable Mr. Rafael. Enjoy Agatha at her best!
This might go down as one of my top ten Agatha Christie's
When Miss Marple develops arthritis, she travels to a resort in the Caribbean for some for some rest and relaxation. But while there one of her fellow guests dies. Miss Marple is convinced that the death was not a natural one. So she does what she does best and starts investigating. A Caribbean Mystery is one of Agatha Christie's later Miss Marple mysteries, and Miss Marple is beginning to show her age. In fact, in this story she uses her age to her advantage as she pretends to be an older woman who just likes to talk, but never really says anything important. All along, of course, she is listening and thinking.
I checked out some of the reviews of this book in Amazon, and some of those readers seem to think that as this was one of Agatha's later books, she had lost her touch a little and it wasn't as good. I disagree. Although I could have used a little more action and a little less talking (sometimes it seemed like they were talking in circles), I was very surprised at the end to find out who the murderer was. And to me, that is always one of the hallmarks of a good mystery.
I checked out some of the reviews of this book in Amazon, and some of those readers seem to think that as this was one of Agatha's later books, she had lost her touch a little and it wasn't as good. I disagree. Although I could have used a little more action and a little less talking (sometimes it seemed like they were talking in circles), I was very surprised at the end to find out who the murderer was. And to me, that is always one of the hallmarks of a good mystery.
