4:50 from Paddington

Interesting experience listening to a Miss Marple mystery, in audio only format. In some ways the bits that are frustrating are more so, when a character is designed to be insufferable, he is now insufferable with an English accent that makes him sound like a person with a blocked nose that needs to sneeze. When the old man is being callous or the elder brother is being smarmy, I feel like it takes an age to get past the moment of unpleasantness. On the other hand, at 1x speed, the pace of a Marple mystery allows me to do all kinds of things with my hands and not lose focus on the mystery. Any clues are spelled out, any surmises are often repeated. While I prefer the Marple mysteries that mean her involvement throughout the story, as in They Do It With Mirrors, Lucy Aislesburrow was an enjoyable alternative, acting in Marple's stead and getting involved in intrigues of her own. The multiple proposals were a bit of an eye roll, as was the general attitude toward domestic servants and women, but I'd be happy to see Lucy pitching in future entries in the series. By my count I've got five left, including the one I've so far had to skip because my library doesn't have A Pocket Full of Rye. Hopefully, interlibrary loan service will come back in the new year. Until then, on to the next!