{"id":21101,"date":"2020-05-29T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=21101"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:05:39","slug":"thirteen-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21101","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirteen Problems<\/a><\/em> (1932) Agatha Christie<\/a> (Miss Marple)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Tuesday Night Club (1927)
\nThe Idol House of Astarte (1928)
\nIngots of Gold (1928)
\nThe Blood-Stained Pavement (1928)
\nMotive versus Opportunity (1928)
\nThe Thumb Mark of St. Peter (1928)
\nThe Blue Geranium (1929)
\nA Christmas Tragedy (1930)
\nThe Companion (1930)
\nThe Herb of Death (1930)
\nThe Four Suspects (1930)
\nThe Affair at the Bungalow (1930)
\nDeath by Drowning (1931)<\/p>\n

‘(S)o many people seem to me not to be either bad or good, but simply, you know, very silly.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“‘Well\u2014’ he laughed uncomfortably. ‘You don\u2019t believe in that sort of thing, do you? You, a parson.’<\/p>\n

‘I am not sure that as a parson I ought not to believe in it.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cNow, as I expect you know, there is nothing more cruel than talk, and there is nothing more difficult to combat. When people say things behind your back there is nothing you can refute or deny, and the rumours go on growing and growing, and no one can stop them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cDo you think, Dolly,\u201d said Colonel Bantry plaintively, \u201cthat I might be allowed to go on with my story?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cArthur,\u201d said Mrs. Bantry resignedly, \u201cwants to get back to his ghosts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thirteen Problems (1932) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple) The Tuesday Night Club (1927) The Idol House of Astarte (1928) Ingots of Gold (1928) The Blood-Stained Pavement (1928) Motive versus Opportunity (1928) The Thumb Mark of St. Peter (1928) The Blue Geranium (1929) A Christmas Tragedy (1930) The Companion (1930) The Herb of Death (1930) The Four […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,18,30,668,190,292,48,33,8,41],"tags":[228,546,229,693],"class_list":["post-21101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-anthology","category-british","category-comfort-read","category-cozy","category-ebook","category-female","category-historical","category-mystery","category-reread","tag-agatha-christie","tag-interwar-period","tag-miss-marple","tag-older-protagonist"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5ul","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12868,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12868","url_meta":{"origin":21101,"position":0},"title":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"May 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple) These stories were published between 1927 and 1957. \"(S)o many people seem to me not to be either bad or good, but simply, you know, very silly.\u201d The Thirteen Problems (previously published as The Tuesday Club Murders) (1932) The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Miss Marple The Complete Short Stories","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Miss-Marple-The-Complete-Short-Stories.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24633,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24633","url_meta":{"origin":21101,"position":1},"title":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"June 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985) Agatha Christie The Thirteen Problems (1932) 1. 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