Carol S. (waucondacarol) reviewed on 3/30/2009 + 319 more book reviews

This is a favorite Agatha Christie mystery of mine. When a recovering wounded vet and his flighty sister rent a home in a village so that he can quietly recover from his injuries, they find that village life has a nasty undercurrent. Virulent poison pen letters are circulating and causing neighbor to suspect neighbor, putting the entire village on edge. When death ensues, it seems that one of those letters hit home and suicide resulted. Miss Marple is there visiting an old friend and the sharp old lady sees more in the letters than the police do...and as usual she is right. It takes a courageous young woman to bring the murderer in this town to justice. The heroine of this story is a frumpy, young woman who is overlooked and really forgotten by everyone including her own family until the young veteran sees something in her behind the facade of dowdiness and clumsiness and takes a hand in helping her to blossom. A charming love story and a nasty mystery.

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