Charming story with a lovely romantic love story, again with a familiar trope. Not Scotland Yard but a seemingly harmless knitting maiden lady named Miss Jane Marple. The Vicar's wife, frustrated, calls in an expert. Jerry and the police doggedly pursue clues and leads, seeming to get somewhere but never to the murderer. Are they connected? They all seem to stem from the letters. And then there is a suicide or so it seems followed by a murder. The police become involved and no one can find the writer, though it seems to be a woman. Later, it seems that the letters are going everywhere. One day, they get an anonymous letter with pasted letters from another book, intimating that they are not brother and sister but really illicit lovers. People are very nice, old-fashioned social calls and the two of them settle down to village life as Jerry continues to heal.

Quintessential Londoners, the siblings rent a house in the village of Lymestock, far away from anyone they know. When pilot Jerry Burton is seriously injured in an accident, his doctor recommends that to complete his recovery that Jerry and his sister Joanna go to a small village and get involved in the life, politics and local scandals. One of my favorite mystery tropes-the poison pen letter. Poison Pen Letters and a Charming Romance

I really enjoy when there are interesting side stories going on within the main plot. The sweet romance between the main character/narrator Jerry and Megan. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? Richard Grant does such an excellent job that I would actually seek out more audiobooks read by him. He narrates quite well and does each of the different voices in a pleasant manner. Grant bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? The characters were engaging, the story had more going on than just the murder mystery, and I found it quite enjoyable. The Moving Finger could almost be considered a stand-along book by Christie, as Miss Marple does not appear until Chapter 10. Yes, The story line, characters and superb reading by Richard Grant make this an audiobook I would listen to again.ĭid the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How? Would you listen to The Moving Finger again? Why?

The moving finger by agatha christie