MajorBedhead t1_j5uh9xu wrote on January 25, 2023 at 5:33 PM

I'm an outlier because I prefer the Miss Marple books over Poirot. Some of my suggestions are 4:50 From Paddington, At Bertram's Hotel, and Murder At The Vicarage.

I also enjoyed her Tommy and Tuppence series a lot.

I'm a big fan of that golden age of detective novels. Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Josephine Tey, they're all so good.

RagsTTiger t1_j5vf2te wrote on January 25, 2023 at 8:58 PM

4:50 from Paddington was my first Christie novel and it inspired me to devour her entire oeuvre

No-Response3675 t1_j5vxix1 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 10:54 PM

I loveee poirot and David Suchet who plays him, but I agree with you that Marple stories are more complex, more so coz she isn’t always present there like Poirot is? I absolutely love Mirror Cracked, Nemesis, 4:50 from Paddington, Sleeping beauty to name a few

MajorBedhead t1_j5wf4ko wrote on January 26, 2023 at 1:00 AM

Have you watched the Marple adaptations with Joan Hickson? She IS Miss Marple for me.

No-Response3675 t1_j5wiak9 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 1:22 AM

Yup! I have watched and rewatched all Marple episodes too. I like her, but she seems a bit too uptight for Miss Marple, if you compare her with the one in books, also more intelligent. Don’t they expect everyone to ignore Ms Marple, she can’t be ignored is what I mean 😅

FranticPonE t1_j5xxi2y wrote on January 26, 2023 at 9:20 AM

Yes to Miss Marple! Poirot as a series gets kind of out there from her personal, intimate murder mystery style because of the character's (apparently somewhat unwanted by Christie) own fame, which was put back into the books themselves.

Marple on the other hand continues on as a character in relative obscurity, and feels like what Christie wanted to write rather than what she felt obliged to (an opinion she apparently shared).