Mary Mead, is just as rich and well-populated as Miss Marple’s home. Like The Murder at the Vicarage and the first (best) part of The Body in the Library, Finger is set in a village that, if not St. In this set of circumstances we find the name “Miss Marple.” Therefore, we can deduce that Christie intended from the start to write a mystery for that good lady. stripped the manuscript of backstory and character development, I assure you that my evaluation takes in every wonderful moment Christie intended for us to spend in the village of Lymstock.Īccording to John Curran, the first ideas for this novel were found in a Notebook item dated 1940. Therefore, all my life, I have been familiar only with the complete, unexpurgated and correct version of this novel. The Tom Adams covers captivated me, and Finger was one of the titles I snatched up. There’s something brewing in the village of Lymstock and it isn’t a nice cosy pot of tea….I can’t tell you when I first read The Moving Finger, but I was fortunate enough that by this time I had become aware that Stacey’s Bookstore in downtown San Francisco sold British copies of Christie’s books. Intrigue and deception are neighbours here. Megan, Mrs Symmington’s daughter from her first marriage can be one of them at times.Įveryone in the village seems to be a suspect but in such a quiet and close community who would have done such a thing? Who would know the deep dark secrets they kept hidden behind the facades of their perfect country lifes?Maids being murdered, a poison letter of suicide and sex secrets being bandied around in an attempt to create scandal and upset. The Symmington family are popular in the village but like any other families have problems. With the death of the maid, the mystery deepens and the quite village is shocked at the recent turn of events.

She writes ‘ I cant go on’ in her suicide note alongside a bottle of poison. When Mr Symmington receives a letter, the mystery deepens.

How have this brother and sister ended up in Lymstock and who would know them and want to spread hate? The Burtons – strangers to the area receive a letter detailing some shocking secrets they are supposed to share.

Somewhere that you would hope to be able to relax and take time away from the stresses and strains of recovering from an accident. Lymstock is a fictional village somewhere in the heart of England.

The finger moved miss marple