At Bertram's Hotel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Behind the polished doors of Bertram's Hotel — a Mayfair establishment of impossible perfection, where nothing has changed since the Edwardian era — something is very wrong. Miss Jane Marple, Christie's razor-sharp spinster detective, arrives for a nostalgic holiday and quickly senses that the hotel's immaculate facade conceals a web of carefully orchestrated deception; beneath the silver trays and impeccable service lies a criminal enterprise of audacious proportions. At Bertram's Hotel stands as one of Christie's most atmospheric and structurally ingenious mysteries, weaving themes of nostalgia, identity, and the corruption lurking beneath respectability. Christie masterfully illustrates how the past is never quite what we remember it to be, and that sentimentality can blind even the sharpest minds to present danger. With her characteristic economy of prose and labyrinthine plotting, she constructs a narrative that keeps the reader perpetually off-balance — right up until a denouement that reframes everything that came before. For those who believe they know what to expect from a Miss Marple mystery, this novel promises a startling reassessment.
Author: Agatha Christie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, -
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: bce
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Behind the polished doors of Bertram's Hotel — a Mayfair establishment of impossible perfection, where nothing has changed since the Edwardian era — something is very wrong. Miss Jane Marple, Christie's razor-sharp spinster detective, arrives for a nostalgic holiday and quickly senses that the hotel's immaculate facade conceals a web of carefully orchestrated deception; beneath the silver trays and impeccable service lies a criminal enterprise of audacious proportions. At Bertram's Hotel stands as one of Christie's most atmospheric and structurally ingenious mysteries, weaving themes of nostalgia, identity, and the corruption lurking beneath respectability. Christie masterfully illustrates how the past is never quite what we remember it to be, and that sentimentality can blind even the sharpest minds to present danger. With her characteristic economy of prose and labyrinthine plotting, she constructs a narrative that keeps the reader perpetually off-balance — right up until a denouement that reframes everything that came before. For those who believe they know what to expect from a Miss Marple mystery, this novel promises a startling reassessment.