The husband? I mean, yeah I guess I should've suspected that. I definitely didn't see the ending coming. Well plotted, with lots of twists and turns and misdirects. It was refreshing seeing Jerry bumble into plans that were already in place, rather than leading the police around by the nose. The snarky banter between Joanna and Jerry was amusing, it was easy to tell they were related.
The friendship between Jerry and Megan was nice and I liked the drama of Mr Pym (he reminded me a lot of Mr Satterthwaite from the Harley Quin series). I was disappointed not to see Miss Marple until well towards the end, but I liked the other characters enough that it didn't matter too much. Joanna and Jerry were funny and interesting and were good choices to base the narrative around.
The letters are closely linked to the murders that will ensue, but right now I don’t remember what the link is.The fourth Miss Marple mystery, The Moving Finger, introduces brother and sister, Jerry and Joanna Burton who move to the small village of Lymstock and manage to get themselves caught up in a nasty anonymous letter scandal and then right in the center of a murder investigation. He got one himself and also the lawyer, and most of these letters hint at something sexual, but nobody knows who could be behind the letters. When he tells the local doctor, Dr Owen Griffith, about it, he tells him that he is not the only one to have received one of these anonymous letters. After a few weeks living there, they get an anonymous letter, implying that he and Joanna are not brother and sister, and they both find the letter surprising and amusing at the same time. His doctor thinks that some time in the country will do him good, so he and his sister Joanna rent a house in Lymstock, a little village. The narrator is Jerry, who had an aviation accident and he is recovering.
Since I read the book years ago and I imagine that the TV version is different, it will be a pleasure to get reacquainted with it. I have read this book before, and I have seen the TV version.
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