The male narrator, Jerry Burton, works like Dr. Christie’s vast knowledge of literature and life and characters enhance the story as the reader attempts to understand the references.

And, of course, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the book of Daniel from the Bible both figure in the title of the story, The Moving Finger.

This story centers on “smoke without fire”. ( )Īgatha Christie utilizes so many sayings in her works that give moments of enjoyment. Overall a decently paced, complex mystery with amusing characters. I liked the romances that sprung up as well. It was laid out so logically though and I was like oh, that makes total sense but damn if I didn't see it. The husband? I mean, yeah I guess I should've suspected that. I definitely didn't see the ending coming. Well plotted, with lots of twists and turns and misdirects. It was refreshing seeing Jerry bumble into plans that were already in place, rather than leading the police around by the nose. The snarky banter between Joanna and Jerry was amusing, it was easy to tell they were related. The friendship between Jerry and Megan was nice and I liked the drama of Mr Pym (he reminded me a lot of Mr Satterthwaite from the Harley Quin series). I was disappointed not to see Miss Marple until well towards the end, but I liked the other characters enough that it didn't matter too much. Joanna and Jerry were funny and interesting and were good choices to base the narrative around. The fourth Miss Marple mystery, The Moving Finger, introduces brother and sister, Jerry and Joanna Burton who move to the small village of Lymstock and manage to get themselves caught up in a nasty anonymous letter scandal and then right in the center of a murder investigation.

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