The Murder at the Vicarage: Difference between revisions

The review of the novel in ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'' of 30 November 1930 begins, "The talented Miss Christie is far from being at her best in her latest mystery story. It will add little to her eminence in the field of detective fiction." The review went on to say that, "the local sisterhood of spinsters is introduced with much gossip and click-clack. A bit of this goes a long way and the average reader is apt to grow weary of it all, particularly of the amiable Miss Marple, who is sleuth-in-chief of the affair." The reviewer summarised the set-up of the plot and concluded, "The solution is a distinct anti-climax."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times Book Review |date=30 November 1930 |page=32 |title=Review }}</ref>

 

 

In the ''[[Daily Express]]'' of 16 October 1930 [[Harold Nicolson]] said, "I have read better works by Agatha Christie, but that does not mean that this last book is not more cheerful, more amusing, and more seductive than the generality of detective novels."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Daily Express |date=16 October 1930 |page=6 |title=Review |first=Harold |last=Nicholson }}</ref> In a short review dated 15 October 1930, the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' review declared, "Bafflement is well sustained."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=15 October 1930 |page=20 |title=Review }}</ref>