A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie
The Book It's a strange Oct. 29, 1950 when the characters of this book sit down to breakfast only to discover a murder has been announced in the personals section of their local newspaper. Nobody, but nobody, believes it's real. They all think it's a general invitation to a murder party. Many people decide to go. The owner of the house, Letitia Blacklock, gets read. A man shows up, the lights go out, attempts to hold people hostage, a gun is fired, the would-be robber ends up dead. The local police call it an accident, but nobody really believes it real. Lettie house is in a whirl. The dead man, an immigrant from Austria seems to have made problems where ever he went. And dear Bunch from the first Miss Marple novel keeps her cool as always. Stumped, the cops call in Miss Marple, who runs through the clues and figures out who the murder is and why. My Thoughts I read through the first half of the book in like a day and half. Then I caught The Clu...
