224 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2000 by Signet.
The very-respectable Colonel and Mrs Bantry have awakened to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cold cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is her connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The Bantrys turn to Miss Marple to solve the mystery.
This was a good mystery, and there were enough clues, hints, and red herrings to keep you guessing the whole time.
However, the actual happenings feel a little contrived and made up, that it was a little hard to believe what the actual solution to the 'whodunnit' was.
It's still a great read though, so I do recommend it, but definitely one of Christie's weaker works.
This was a good mystery, and there were enough clues, hints, and red herrings to keep you guessing the whole time.
However, the actual happenings feel a little contrived and made up, that it was a little hard to believe what the actual solution to the 'whodunnit' was.
It's still a great read though, so I do recommend it, but definitely one of Christie's weaker works.
