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Miss Marple is picked up by Mrs Bantry and her chauffeur, Muswell, and taken to Gossington Hall. Colonel Arthur Bantry then goes downstairs and learns from his butler, Lorrimer, that there is indeed a body in the library, sees it, calls Police Constable Billy Palk, and then Mrs Bantry calls her friend, Miss Marple. Suddenly, the maid, Mary, dashes in, tearful and breathless, and informs Dolly that there is a body in the library, before running out again. The story starts with Mrs Dolly Bantry waking up from a pleasant dream, and noticing that the maid has not been in yet. The Body in the Library was first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1942 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in May of the same year. Listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the bestselling novelist of all time, Agatha Christie has enthralled readers for decades with her skillfully sculpted stories and cunning characters.
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Jackie french wombat5/31/2023 (Aug.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. And those curious about other animals' activities can explore Diary of a Worm, Ages 4-7. The often cuddly looking wombat may leave some readers envious of its languid lifestyle. The artist gives the star expressive eyes without anthropomorphizing her. Whatley (the Detective Donut books) appears to relish this character study he paints the chocolate-brown wombat in numerous poses and expressions-rolling, scratching, sleeping, chewing-on an ample white background. Happily, the human family appears to take the antics of their adopted wild "pet" in stride (though the wombat sees things a bit differently "Have decided that humans are easily trained and make quite good pets"). Before long, the always-hungry creature is at their door begging for food (preferably carrots or oats), digging in their garden ("Began new hole in soft dirt") and turning his neighbors' belongings into scratching posts. "Monday Morning: Slept./Afternoon: Slept./ Evening: Ate grass./ Scratched./ Night: Ate grass." Things begin to perk up, however, when the wombat discovers its new human neighbors. After explaining his unique Australian heritage, the star of this volume paints a funny, if rather dull, picture of his daily routine. What, exactly, do wombats do all day? One enterprising wombat answers that question and a few others in diary form in French's (No Such Thing) tongue-in-cheek picture book.
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Cry wolf series in order5/31/2023 Not only are there so many but there is no distinction between which perspective we are following. The vast amount of characters was the biggest obstacle with this story. We follow the police as they are investigating, the people who took the money and drugs, an assassin who is tasked with finding the drugs and money, and various other people who are connected to the story in some way. And the story revolves around a massive drug deal that went sideways and how it affected the lives of the characters. Cry Wolf follows a plethora of characters all set in the town of Haparanda, Sweden. I love all the benchmarks of the genre and how twisty and suspenseful the stories are. *Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.Ĭry Wolf filled a hole I didn’t know I had in my heart by not reading a Nordic thriller in like a year. |