Book info

• Title The Murder at the Vicarage
• Author Agatha Christie
• Year 1930
• Genre Mystery

Nobody liked Colonel Protheroe. So when he’s found dead in the vicarage study, there’s no absence of suspects in the seemingly peaceful village of St Mary Mead. In fact, Jane Marple can think of at least seven. As gossip abounds in the parlours and kitchens of the parish, everyone becomes an amateur detective. The police dismiss her as a prying busybody, but only the ingenious Miss Marple can uncover the truth...

Thoughts

This is my first Miss Marple and actually, aside from knowing the name as a cultural reference point, I don’t really know much about her and her mystery-solving. I was surprised that she’s not really front and centre in this story, but more of a side character, and even though she does get heavily involved in solving the mystery, she’s really not in the book that much. It’s an interesting plot though, another of those Christie books with far too many suspects and layers of twisting intrigue to wade through. I enjoyed it, and am interested to read more Marple and see if she actually gets to take centre stage at any point!

Rating: 3 / 5