{"id":12878,"date":"2020-05-21T16:55:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12878"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:11:50","slug":"the-moving-finger-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12878","title":{"rendered":"The Moving Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Moving Finger<\/a><\/em> (1943) Agatha Christie<\/a> (Miss Marple)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Jerry and his sister Joanna have taken a house in Lymstock while Jerry recovers from a plane crash.<\/p>\n

This book is set at a time just as British society was changing.<\/p>\n

When we had settled in and been at Little Furze a week Miss Emily Barton came solemnly and left cards. Her example was followed by Mrs Symmington, the lawyer\u2019s wife, Miss Griffith, the doctor\u2019s sister, Mrs Dane Calthrop, the vicar\u2019s wife, and Mr Pye of Prior\u2019s End. <\/p>\n

Joanna was very much impressed. <\/p>\n

\u2018I didn\u2019t know,\u2019 she said in an awestruck voice, \u2018that people really called\u2014 with cards.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She dangled the letter thoughtfully by one corner and asked what we were to do with it. <\/p>\n

\u2018The correct procedure, I believe,\u2019 I said, \u2018is to drop it into the fire with a sharp exclamation of disgust.\u2019 <\/p>\n

I suited the action to the word, and Joanna applauded. <\/p>\n

\u2018You did that beautifully,\u2019 she added. \u2018You ought to have been on the stage. It\u2019s lucky we still have fires, isn\u2019t it?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018The waste-paper basket would have been much less dramatic,\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A spate of anonymous letters, accusing the good people of Lymstock of various tawdry actions, however, puts the community into an upheaval, and eventually something terrible happens.<\/p>\n

Although Miss Marple comes in at the last minute, Lymstock has its own ladies looking to set things right.<\/p>\n

Her clear uninterested eyes looked at me thoughtfully, and I suddenly understood why Lymstock was afraid of Mrs Dane Calthrop. <\/p>\n

In everybody\u2019s life there are hidden chapters which they hope may never be known. I felt that Mrs Dane Calthrop knew them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite not having a great deal of Miss Marple, I do like this story.<\/p>\n

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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