The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie *****

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie opens with Mrs. Bantry’s maid Mary announcing, “Oh, ma’am, oh, ma’am, there’s a body in the library.” She awakens old Colonel Arthur Bantry. No one in the Bantry house has ever seen the dead girl dressed in a white diamanté dress. The girl turns out to be Ruby Keene, a professional dancer from the Majestic Hotel, identified by her cousin. Mrs. Bantry immediately calls Miss Marple.

Introducing Mr. Conway Jefferson. He is confined to a wheelchair following an airplane accident where he lost his wife, his son, and his daughter. He lives with his in-laws Mrs. Adelaide Jefferson and Mr. Haskell. Mrs. Jefferson has a son, Peter Carmody, from an earlier marriage. Mr. Jefferson was infatuated with Ruby Keene and intended to adopt her, thus cutting off his in-laws from their inheritances.

An Agatha Christie novel (Miss Marple #2/17) with many suspects and a surprise ending.

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