Friday, July 22, 2016

What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw

Author: Agatha Christie
Stars: 5
Review by: Mandy Apgar


My favorite of the Miss Marple series. When Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy returns home from a day of heavy holiday shopping she happens to look up and see a man strangling a woman in the train passing hers. Nobody believes her of course, and what reports she made are put down to a sleepy elderly lady. That is, until she consults her friend Jane Marple and the latter enlists Lucy Eylesbarrow. Why? "I want you to find a body." Lucy, a 30 odd brilliant gal who decided to embark on a career as a high skilled domestic helper, takes a post with the Crackenthorpe family as their property coincides with the crime scene. Cranky, cagey, and dysfunctional, Lucy still gets to love them - even when she finds Miss Marple's body in an Egyptian sarcophagus. Marple of course figures out who did it, but not before the body count rises some more.

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