The Murder at the Vicarage

Since seeing Knives Out in theaters this fall, I'd been in the mood to read a cozy mystery, and where better to start than the Miss Marple books? I knew very little about Miss Marple before reading Murder at the Vicarage, but I imagined her as an elderly, female Poirot. Instead, I was surprised to learn that she solves crimes using the power of nosiness and gossip, which I found to be a refreshing and humorous take on the detective genre. While the details of the murder itself were inventive, I didn't find the motive of the killer to be entirely convincing. I'm looking forward to reading the next installment.