Title: A Caribbean Mystery.Author: Agatha Christie.
Genre: Classic, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Suspense, Drama.
Plot: Her nephew Raymond, having paid for a refreshing trip to the West Indies, has shown how capable he is of taking care of his Aunt Jane. But while the sunshine is warm and relaxing, Miss Marple isn't as happy as she should be. In fact, she's rather bored and restless. Surrounded by chattering cheerful people and a rather noisy steel band, scandal and murder seem so far away and forgotten. Yet secrets lurk just under the surface and when Major Palgrave dies suddenly, those secrets are no longer safe.
Suspicious that Palgrave was killed, rather than dying of complications due to high blood pressure {who even told her that he had high blood pressure anyway?}, Miss Marple subtly hints as much to the local semi-retired doctor who, already uneasy himself, brings the local detective down to snoop around. With an increasing sense of urgency, Miss Marple begins to piece the puzzle together, enlisting the somewhat unwilling help of wealthy semi-crippled Mr. Rafiel. When a servant girl is found dead by the lady of the house, suspicions abound and people begin to leave the hotel. But the real murder hasn't even been committed yet and Miss Marple may just have made a grave mistake.
Likes/Dislikes: This novel, the third to last in the Miss Marple series, had a different feel and flow to the story. With a wonderful tropical setting as a backdrop, the characters are free to act out their drama and leave you wondering who will be unmasked as the villain right up to the explosive conclusion. I quite liked it.
Rating: PG-14 and up, for reading level and content {an adulterous husband and several murders, nothing graphic}.
Date Report Written: May 24th, 2013.
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