Really enjoying these! But … Re After the Funeral: Cora’s companion did not fo murder because of a worthless painting. She recognised an Old Master, which Cora did not (can’t remember but think it was a Vermeer) which was worth a lot of money. She was very scornful that Cora, who did all her painting, did not recognise it.
Thanks! Its sort of implied in the book that the painting (I also think but not sure its a Vermeer) isn't actually worth a lot of money in general. It's a lot of money to Miss Gilchrist because she has nothing but it is not an extremely valuable Vermeer as far as Vermeers go.
Mr Robinson's appearance in At Bertram's Hotel may make him the only recurring character to appear in novels with the three biggest detecting units, although I believe he only actually meets Tommy and Tuppence. I wonder whether it was tempting to make it clearer that Esther Walters was a sort of rerun of Pat Fortescue. A lot of people have wondered about Dame Agatha's apparent liking for some mysterious Lucy to have two strong one-off characters with that name. Maud Dane Calthrop was superb. Thinking of Mary Dove as a possible forerunner of Lucy Eyelesbarrow gave me the idea to wonder if even Dame Agatha could have pulled off Lucy as the killer - without any interruption to her perfect housekeeping of course. Even with the Bantrys and Miss Marple's advising Dinah Lee not to keep using her maiden name I've always found The Body in the Library overrated. Maybe if Adelaide had thrown over Hugo and run away with Raymond...
The Mary Dove/Lucy Eyelsbarrow-type character being the killer would have been very interesting. Christie rarely uses the servant trope. I think Mary Dove, specifically, would have been a good choice because she had the commanding efficiency but also a tendency toward criminality a little bit.
A Murder is Announced would also be my #1! Having recently ‘reread’ the audiobook a couple of times in these Covid times, I found it compelling and great. Good tv adaptations too. Pretty good ranking overall, although I like Bertram’s way more than you did :) I would put that higher than Mirror Crack’d. Thanks for this!
Agree 100% about "A Murder Is Announced". I have a copy buried somewhere. LOL. Loved the Joan Hickson adaptation. For me as far as Marple goes, all roads lead back to Hickson.
I enjoy all of your rankings, but i'm surprised. i like the characters and their psychology in aMiA, and the effect the war had on these ppl's lives,especially as Christie doesn't do that often, but my main issue was: i knew the killer even before anything happened (The Lettie/Lottie thing was a massive giveaway)! . Not to mention that each and every time someone seems to be the intended victim, they are the murderer in Christie. Although, its probs due to me having read many of AC books already. I doubt a new reader would get it as fast.
My edition of A Murder is Announced must have been mistakenly edited by someone who didn't know the story because it changed almost all the Lottys to Lettys.
Sleeping Murder is vastly superior to Caribbean. Murder with Mirrors should be bottom as it is so trite. Bertram is weak yes but using the hotel as a grand fake is excellent in terms of ‘concept’. And Nemesis - rambling and slow - should be below Sleeping which is much better plotted and better paced.
Those bottom ranked Miss Marple titles are all so close to me that they really could have gone in any order. I think they all have issues but also have some things going for them and it all depends on what a reader appreciates. I think if I redid this list now, I would absolutely put Nemesis below Sleeping Murder. I just never really liked Nemesis but I think it does some things well but its not really that good.
@@summationgathering Re Nemesis - I have a soft spot for it as it was the first Miss Marple I read. Miss Marple’s very slow progress with the mystery could be seen as Agatha Christie’s slow progress with the novel, the last coherent one she wrote. Death…as the End is surely of curiosity value exclusively - she wrote it to please archeologist friend Stephen Glanville, with whom I do believe Agatha was enamored. It certainly has its moments - the killing of the greedy grandmother smothered in mummy sheets most memorably.
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This was a really well done ranking. As an Agatha Christie fan, I appreciated your thoughtful analysis of each novel.
Thank you for this thoughtful ranking and summaries!
That was fun ❤
Thank you 😊
Murder With Mirrors was my first Christie novel, so I will always have a soft spot in my heart for it.
4.50 from Paddington was my first Miss Marple and I, too, have a soft spot for it for that reason.
Really enjoying these! But … Re After the Funeral: Cora’s companion did not fo murder because of a worthless painting. She recognised an Old Master, which Cora did not (can’t remember but think it was a Vermeer) which was worth a lot of money. She was very scornful that Cora, who did all her painting, did not recognise it.
Thanks! Its sort of implied in the book that the painting (I also think but not sure its a Vermeer) isn't actually worth a lot of money in general. It's a lot of money to Miss Gilchrist because she has nothing but it is not an extremely valuable Vermeer as far as Vermeers go.
Mr Robinson's appearance in At Bertram's Hotel may make him the only recurring character to appear in novels with the three biggest detecting units, although I believe he only actually meets Tommy and Tuppence.
I wonder whether it was tempting to make it clearer that Esther Walters was a sort of rerun of Pat Fortescue.
A lot of people have wondered about Dame Agatha's apparent liking for some mysterious Lucy to have two strong one-off characters with that name.
Maud Dane Calthrop was superb.
Thinking of Mary Dove as a possible forerunner of Lucy Eyelesbarrow gave me the idea to wonder if even Dame Agatha could have pulled off Lucy as the killer - without any interruption to her perfect housekeeping of course.
Even with the Bantrys and Miss Marple's advising Dinah Lee not to keep using her maiden name I've always found The Body in the Library overrated. Maybe if Adelaide had thrown over Hugo and run away with Raymond...
The Mary Dove/Lucy Eyelsbarrow-type character being the killer would have been very interesting. Christie rarely uses the servant trope. I think Mary Dove, specifically, would have been a good choice because she had the commanding efficiency but also a tendency toward criminality a little bit.
A Murder is Announced would also be my #1! Having recently ‘reread’ the audiobook a couple of times in these Covid times, I found it compelling and great. Good tv adaptations too. Pretty good ranking overall, although I like Bertram’s way more than you did :) I would put that higher than Mirror Crack’d.
Thanks for this!
Thanks! I haven't heard from too many Bertram's fans.
Now I have another Christie to watch that I missed! That you, love this channel! ❤
I'm cringing at my formatting in this video.
@@summationgathering no don’t I enjoyed it!
Agree 100% about "A Murder Is Announced". I have a copy buried somewhere. LOL. Loved the Joan Hickson adaptation. For me as far as Marple goes, all roads lead back to Hickson.
Joan Hickson is the best Miss Marple in my opinion.
@@summationgathering I guess it's true: great minds do think alike. LOL.
Nice job. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I enjoy all of your rankings, but i'm surprised. i like the characters and their psychology in aMiA, and the effect the war had on these ppl's lives,especially as Christie doesn't do that often, but my main issue was:
i knew the killer even before anything happened (The Lettie/Lottie thing was a massive giveaway)! . Not to mention that each and every time someone seems to be the intended victim, they are the murderer in Christie. Although, its probs due to me having read many of AC books already. I doubt a new reader would get it as fast.
My edition of A Murder is Announced must have been mistakenly edited by someone who didn't know the story because it changed almost all the Lottys to Lettys.
@@summationgatheringhahaha, interesting 😂 in the original version Bunny keeps calling her Lottie unintentionally
Let’s hope Columbo is on here.
Sleeping Murder is vastly superior to Caribbean. Murder with Mirrors should be bottom as it is so trite. Bertram is weak yes but using the hotel as a grand fake is excellent in terms of ‘concept’. And Nemesis - rambling and slow - should be below Sleeping which is much better plotted and better paced.
Those bottom ranked Miss Marple titles are all so close to me that they really could have gone in any order. I think they all have issues but also have some things going for them and it all depends on what a reader appreciates. I think if I redid this list now, I would absolutely put Nemesis below Sleeping Murder. I just never really liked Nemesis but I think it does some things well but its not really that good.
@@summationgathering Re Nemesis - I have a soft spot for it as it was the first Miss Marple I read. Miss Marple’s very slow progress with the mystery could be seen as Agatha Christie’s slow progress with the novel, the last coherent one she wrote.
Death…as the End is surely of curiosity value exclusively - she wrote it to please archeologist friend Stephen Glanville, with whom I do believe Agatha was enamored. It certainly has its moments - the killing of the greedy grandmother smothered in mummy sheets most memorably.
@@58christiansful She changed the ending to please Glanville and it certainly feels that way.
@@summationgathering Yes but do you know what the original ending was?
@@58christiansful I don't but I speculate in my videos Agatha Christie Conspiracies and my Death on the Nile full video review that it was Hori.