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"The Mystery of the Acid Soil" by Kate Mosse (5 Stars) - Miss Marple meets a Curate on the train and ekes out a mystery on the journey. This truly felt like an Agatha Christie mystery. I loved it! Perfect mimic of her characters, setting and writing while being a new mystery.

"The Murdering Sort" by Karen M. McManus - Miss Marple's great niece goes to the States and witnesses the murder of a Patriarch while he's testing the family. This feels exactly likr a McManus mystery but kept Miss Marple true to character. It mainly is from the eyes of a teen which keeps true to McManus' style, and I expected the solution but appreciated the writing.

"A Deadly Wedding Day" by Dreda Say Mitchell (4 Stars) - Miss Marple attends the wedding of a friend's niece and there is a death at the breakfast speeches. I thought this was fairly well plotted and Miss Marple really felt like herself. I enjoyed the solution though I got a bit mixed up with the who's who with the audiobook.

"The Jade Empress" by Jean Kwok (3 Stars) - Miss Marple is on a cruise to Hong Kong and a passenger is murdered. I didn't love this because it feels waaay too far for Miss Marple to travel. But I can't be mad at the mystery in general, though it felt rushed.

"Miss Marple's Christmas" by Ruth Ware (3.5 Stars) - A robbery in a country estate home during Christmas day with an interesting little solution. Miss Marple felt pretty well represented but I just don't love her nephew.

'The Open Mind' by Naomi Alderman (3 Stars) - A murder at a college formal dinner. Clever but the setting and characters felt a bit off.

'The Unravelling' by Natalie Haynes (3.5 stars) - another story that genuinely feels like it could have been a Miss Marple mystery, and naturally it's third person POV, focusing on Marple's friend Susan learning about a mystery and trying to understand how Miss Marple figured out the solution.