Sleeping Murder | Agatha Christie | Book Review |Miss Marple’s last case

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie is Miss Marple’s last case. This book was published posthumously in 1976, although Agatha Christie had written it
during the Second World War. Miss Marple investigates a cold case of a murder that had happened 18 years ago in this thrilling and spooky murder mystery. Read the book quotes, genre, buying links, book summary, and book review of Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie in this post below.

 

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About Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie:

No. of Pages: 258

Publication Date: 1976

Genre: Murder Mystery, Crime Fiction, Classic Literature, Mystery, Thriller

Series: Miss Marple Book 12

Can be read as a standalone? YES

Buy From: AMAZON

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie Book Review:

Things I Liked:

I am a great lover of detective mysteries and when it comes to books written by Agatha Christie I just can’t stop myself. Her books are unique, expertly written with plots so novel and intriguing that if such crimes were to happen in the present day they will leave the police as baffled as in the books. This book is no different.

Plot:

Here we meet Gwenda, who is newly married and has recently bought a house in Devon. She has recently returned to England from New Zealand where she was raised by her Aunt after her parent’s death.

So, one glance at the old victorian house and Gwenda knows that she has found a home for herself. And it seems like she has a connection to the place. But these happy thoughts are interrupted when she begins to believe that she must be psychic as she seems to know things about the house which she could not possibly know as the location of a connecting door that has been walled over, the pattern of a previous wallpaper, a set of steps in the garden that are not where they should be, and so on. So, becoming increasingly uneasy, she accepts an invitation to stay for a few days in London with Miss Marple’s somewhat pretentious nephew Raymond West and his wife Joan.

Well placed spook factor:

Then during a performance of the Duchess of Malfi, she has a vision of a murder at the house she has bought and flees screaming. She believes that she has seen someone utter the same lines, as uttered by the Actor, in the past while standing near a dead woman with a blue face whom he called “Helen” but tells Miss Marple that she doesn’t know anyone by that name!

Cover her face. Mine eyes dazzle, she died young …“

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Therefore, she is convinced that she is going mad, but she is helped by Miss Marple, whose nephew, Raymond West is a distant cousin of Gwenda’s husband, Giles. So, it’s a most baffling ‘cold case’, because first of all, they have to discover who, if anyone, has been killed, and then determine the where, when and the why. 

Then the fact that Gwenda has come for the first time to England as she was born in India and taken directly to New Zealand complicates matters as she couldn’t possibly have witnessed any murder in the house to which she has come to for the first time!

Storytelling:

The story is thrilling with a sense of the supernatural which keeps us constantly in a state of suspense. You cannot afford to slip as each and every occurrence plays a part in completing the puzzle and solving the mystery. 

Sleeping Murder is a satisfying puzzle and I liked this last view of Miss Marple, compassionate and shrewd and this description of her appearance,

Miss Marple was an attractive old lady, tall and thin, with pink cheeks and blue eyes, and a gentle, rather fussy manner. Her blue eyes often had a little twinkle in them. “

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Conclusion:

Agatha Christie yet again proves that she is the Queen of crime for a reason. The crimes that she writes are exemplary in their planning and execution as well as evergreen. In spite of being written decades before they are still as valid as they were then. 

All in all a deserving read and a very well written last novel featuring Miss Marple.

It’s a keeper and deserves a 5 out of 5 stars for its cohesive plot, well-developed characters, success in giving the reader the chills and the thrills, excellent planning, and execution of the crime, skilled writing and a story that binds us till the very end and then leaves us astounded and impressed with the Author.

Buy From:

AMAZON

Also read Miss Marple’s first case:

Read The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie Book Review and Book Quotes

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