Miss Marple does it again! Her friend Mrs. McGillicuddy sees a man strangling a woman on a train, but nobody believes her and there's no body to prove it has ever happened. Nobody believes her, that is, except good old Miss Marple, who takes on the case and decides to find out where the body is and who did it. This book was different than the other Miss Marple books in that she conscientiously (wow, I had a hard time spelling that word) decides to find out if there has been a murder and throws herself into the investigation, instead of Miss Marple somehow being thrust into it without her meaning to be there. She is getting too old to be rummaging around looking for bodies, though, so she enlists some help from the very efficient Lucy Eilesbarrow, who is like her assistant sleuth. This story is interesting because there's no body that anyone has found--so before they can find out who did the murder, Miss Marple and Lucy have to find the body first. After doing that and getting the police involved, and after a few other murders are committed, Miss Marple manages to get Mrs. McGillicuddy to identify the murderer and therefore get him to confess to it. The ending was very surprising--I hadn't really guessed the murderer at all in this case. Sometimes I can, but not in this one. It was definitely a case of the "least likely" person--so unlikely that I thought they weren't even involved. It's impressive that Christie can write a murder mystery and throw in hints towards what she's going for along the way, but not big enough hints that it's obvious who she's hinting at. That must be very difficult, and she was very good at it. Overall, a very good Miss Marple and a very fun mystery to listen to.
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