I'm Maddie. I'm a 13 year old girl and I live in Illinois, USA. The BBC has made an excellent film of this book. If you like the book, then you should see the movie. Get the version with Joan Hickson playing Ms. Marple. It's the best.
Here's my review of the book
A Murder is Announced
by Agatha Christie.
What this book is about:
A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends, please accept this, the only intimation.
The people in the small village of Chipping Cleghorn were astonished to read the above notice in the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette. Some, like the Easterbrook household, were expecting a party game. Others, like the spintsters Hinchcliffe and Murgatroyd, weren't sure what to expect. But no household was as surprised to read the notice as the household of Little Paddocks itself. But the mistress of the house, Miss Letitia Blacklock, is determined to believe that it is some silly joke.
And her belief is firmly so, until the gun fires, she feels a burning pain in her ear, and someone drops to the floor. Then, it's no longer a game or a joke. It's become a horrible reality.
Enter Detective Inspector Dermot Craddock and Ms. Jane Marple. Together, this pair of brilliant detectives must solve this case before it's too late. Before too many bodies drop to the floor...
What I think about this book:
I abolutely love it! It is very well written and has a fascinating plot. But I don't recomend it for people under 11. It has a few parts where it gets quite graphic.
Where I got this book from:
My library.
Other books by this author that I like are:
13 for Luck.
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