But then we all are, aren't we? Even to ourselves, especially to ourselves". Marvelous! And Miss Marple sums up the entire story: "It's a mystery. The US edition retailed at 2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence. All we see of the killer is a shadowy figure and a pair of black-gloved hands. The Body in the Library is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1942 and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in May of the same year. I like the spine-tingling suspense near the end. I'm assuming the story takes place in the early 1950s, but the script doesn't really specify. Several sequences, especially in the first half, could have been shortened or deleted. The story doesn't really justify a two and a half-hour plot. Andrew Cruickshank as Conway Jefferson, Raymond Francis as Sir Henry Clithering, and Frederick Jaeger as Chief Constable Melchett enhance the overall quality of acting. As Miss Marple, Joan Hickson plays it low-key and deferential. This film is probably one of the better TV murder mysteries derived from an Agatha Christie novel. Instead, we take these words only in the context of the discussion. In The Body in the Library Agatha Christie name-checks herself through the voice of young detective fiction aficionado, Peter Carmody. If spoken words were taken at face value, we would know instantly who the villain is. There are clues all over the place, but they're very subtle. But, of course, once the explanation is given, the events make perfect sense. My guess as to the killer's identity was flat wrong.
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