4:50 from Paddington

4:50 from Paddington (1957) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple, #8)

“You’re getting deaf, Jane.”

“Just a little, perhaps. People do not seem to me to enunciate their words as clearly as they used to do. But it wasn’t that I did not hear you. I’m afraid I wasn’t paying attention.”

The two boys arrived on the following morning. They both had well-brushed hair, suspiciously angelic faces, and perfect manners.

‘Well, as this seems a completely cockeyed business, all thought up by a couple of old ladies who’ve turned out, against all probability, to be right, and since you already know one of these old ladies, I’m sending you down on the case.’

Characters: Miss Marple, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, Elspeth McGillicuddy, Luther Crackenthorpe, Cedric Crackenthorpe, Harold Crackenthorpe, Alfred Crackenthorpe, Emma Crackenthorpe, Edmund Crackenthorpe, Bryan Eastley, Alexander Eastley, James Stoddart-West, Lady Stoddart-West, Dr. Quimper, Dermot Craddock, Inspector Bacon, Frank Cornish, Martine Dubois, Mrs. Kidder, Mrs. Hart, Dr. Morris, Mr. Wimborne, Anna Stravinska, Madame Joilet, Armand Dessin, David West

Publisher: William Morrow

Rating: 10/10

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