![]() ![]() Dolly Bantry on the other hand is disappointed when Miss Marple can't solve the murder when she first sees the body in the library.Ī couple of things struck me. ![]() Others like the Chief Constable know better. All those who first meet her see is that she is an old lady who merges into her background. Her method is to compare situations to those that she has already encountered in village life and she is full of anecdotes. Various characters apart from Dolly and Arthur Bantry also appear in other Marple titles including Sir Henry Clithering and Jane Marple already has a reputation of a puzzle solver. THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY saw Miss Marple's third appearance (she had already appeared in THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE (1930) and THE THIRTEEN PROBLEMS (1932) which was actually a collection of connected short stories). Can she find the killer or is village gossip about Colonel Bantry true? Nothing seems certain, then another body is discovered… Who is the murdered young girl and who could possibly have killed her? Suspicion falls on Dolly’s husband, a man with a reputation as a flirt, who swears he never met the young woman – but why was she found in his library?ĭolly calls on her friend, Miss Marple to help them in their time of need. Jane Marple says so.” Miss Wetherby.ĭolly Bantry wakes in her beautiful home in the quiet village of St Mary Mead everything is perfect until the shocking discovery of a body in the library.
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