Michael's Reviews > The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Short Story

This time the mystery story is told by Mrs. Bantry. Here is some brilliance of Agatha Christie: since not everyone tells a story equally well, the short stories in this compilation are also told very differently. Mrs. Bantry starts with only a rough outline. Then the circumstances become more clear and detailed through questions of the guests and her answers.

I liked that part and the development towards unfolding the solution, however not so much the solution itself. The least probable person is the murderer for an unexpected motive that only Miss Marple was able to guess because of a similar flaw of character she encountered before.