I want Miss Marple!!!! This is counterfeit

I don't know why this book is parading as an Agatha Christie novel. It was written by Alyssa Cole. It doesn't look or sound like Christie - or Miss Marple.

I guess I'm a purist. I prefer the mysteries that take place across the pond in England. This reminded me of the Phillip Marlowe and other radio mysteries of the 40's and 50's. Worth a listen though.

So unlike Agatha Christie’s style of writing it wasn’t for me.

I love Ms Marple's take on aging and the British viewpoint of New York...

Miss Marple's wondrous, intellegent,and humble, reality oriented personality was not found in this story. A tale that was not in any way written in a style similar to Agatha Christie's.

@philomel1000

2 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY. an insult

Great escape from all the current problems on my mind! Thank you.

I am enjoying this. Thank you!

Comfy.....different but familiar...

I feel certain that if I say what I ACTUALLY feel about this story and the portrayal of the characters, someone will express judgement that it’s free, and if I don’t like it I shouldn’t listen. Well first of all, just because it’s free doesn’t mean people shouldn’t express honest opinions and give honest feedback. Secondly I really love Agatha Christie and Miss Marple, and I really WANTED this to be good. But the only thing worse than the story itself, is the readers absolutely horrific American accents😖

@2msvalkyrie529

2 ай бұрын

Well said my dear!!👍

@patriciaapetrone

Ай бұрын

Guess you don't know what the REAL Agatha Christie was like. Maybe you should read them and then you'll know why Ms. Cole should create her own characters. Either way it's stealing, free or not free.

Love the Reader's voice.

Leave Agatha Christie alone 😮

@2msvalkyrie529

2 ай бұрын

It's the Christie Estate !! They plan to squeeze every penny they can from a gullible public ! Their greed knows no bounds. Grotesque !!

I loved this book!

The accents of the American characters sound like cartoons to me. But I still listened to most of it. 😀

The Dark Side of both Miss Marple and Raymond West. That is no kind of loving relationship I ever want to be involved in. High in snark.

I enjoyed this very much! Especially like the kitty rumbly purrs!

I liked it. Wonderful narrative, so well read. Greetings from Timor-Leste. Work for equality and non-violenve. Thank you for posting.

I love the original stories best, but these are a creative ‘what if’. (As an aside, Jane’s unholy-description of the Mona Lisa as “a glorified postage-stamp” tickled My funny-bone!)😂😉

This is a new one! I'm loving it in New York City.

Oh dear

🇬🇧 I enjoyed it. I expect that it was ' ok'd ' by the Agatha Christie estate. IMO

Couldn't be less like Miss Marple, has the author read any Agatha Christie? Really bad!

Wish it was more British and Agatha. I cld use it

Loved it...ty

Now that Agatha Christie's works are entering the public domain, writers are allowed to incorporate the characters into new stories. This isn't an imitation of Christie. It's a What If game. What if dear Miss Marple went to New York? Would she still triumph in this very alien environment? Of course! I enjoyed it!

@charlottebruce979

2 ай бұрын

Agatha christie just entering the public domain?😂 She's been 'entering the public domain' since the 1920s!!

@philipblythe6535

Ай бұрын

You can use the characters, but you can not lie and say it was written by Christie. Immoral click bait.

I love this one , it is new to me too

This is dreadful - the character of Miss Marple is reduced to a that of an inconsistent and rather dim woman. The dialogue has nothing to do with the originals. Even the plot has little to do with the complexities of a Christie novel. It’s just stealing names in order to get an audience for a pretty poor story

At the beginning it promised well, but it soon broke down. The author is more successful at capturing the way actors bicker than the way Miss Marple speaks.

No one can replace Agatha Christie, and no one should try. Shame on the family of the greatest mystery writer who ever lived. Don't you have enough money from your royalties already? And Alyssa Cole: why don't you just develop your own characters and leave Agatha Christie lovers to remember her fondly and without cringing?

@2msvalkyrie529

2 ай бұрын

👍👍👍 !

The opposite of AC. Awful.

@thesmallerhalf1968

2 ай бұрын

Well, technically it isn’t, the initials of the author are AC, so…….. and awful is a very subjective judgement.

This is NOT Agatha Christie and NOT Miss Marple!

How is this legal?

@KittyxKult

2 ай бұрын

Agatha Christie’s estate officially authorized 12 stories by other authors. It is a licensed Agatha Christie story.

@2msvalkyrie529

2 ай бұрын

Indeed ! Complete drivel ! But , at least , it's " licensed " drivel ! That makes it SO much better...

@KittyxKult

2 ай бұрын

@@2msvalkyrie529 ironic you would call it drivel and put Christie so high on a pedestal when a lot of her work was racist and sexist and she copied plot twists multiple times in different stories and then put them out like they were new lol. Be so fucking forreal. The estate has the right to choose to release new licensed stories. If you don’t like them, don’t read them. Once you acknowledge Christie was a human and was in no way perfect herself, life will be a lot easier to swallow, simple child.

@KittyxKult

2 ай бұрын

@@2msvalkyrie529 ironic you and all the people agreeing with you only know the word “drivel.” Maybe use a thesaurus or something lol. What a poser lol

Why not open your mind to a story about Mrs marble visit to the USA and enjoy the story ! It was the narrator I had a problem with .sorry but that was some really bad voices.

@maryalice5357

2 ай бұрын

No.agathachr

@maryalice5357

2 ай бұрын

Write what you want. Just don't ride on that name. AC had insight and class. I can't believe the family authorized this.

This is a Palling.Nothing like a christian novel and nothing like the character of miss marple couldn't see even make it halfway through

I dislike intensely others using Agatha's name and characters as their own. To me it's bad form.

If you can't do accents, don't do accents. Enjoyed the story but it ain't Christie.

Enjoyable, but actually by Allysa Cole.

Why if the story takes place in New York City.

Don't really need the comments about Miss Marple being close to death. Christie never wrote in this fashion.

53min 03sec…

Click bait. Yawn. Boring. Hardly Christie quality

40min 27sec…

I'm not feeling it, but I'm gonna keep listening and at least give it a chance.

Ghastly.

RUBBISH... since when did Mis Marple speak in an American accent?

What bullshit!

No, terrible writing!

They'll send a car to BRING us to the theatre, You should go back to the hotel to rest UP. When spoken by an English narrator - this is irritating.

Awful.

Thanks for offering the story, but the story lacks AC authenticity. The title page is misleading, implying the story is by AC, which leaves us feeling frustrated. Naration good.

Terrible parody. Rubbish.

The content is good but the narrator is irritating. Take itdown a notch.

@keithstump1712

2 ай бұрын

The writing is bullshit.

Thumbs down and report as misleading!

What is this garbage? Lol

I don't know why this book is parading as an Agatha Christie novel. It was written by Alyssa Cole. It doesn't look or sound like Christie - or Miss Marple.

@evelyntan5588

2 ай бұрын

It’s also being done with “Sherlock Holmes.” Sigh.

@Nancylynnwrites

2 ай бұрын

Dracula and Frankenstein, too. When copyrights expire, new artists are able to build on the works of previous artists, usually in tribute.

@patriciahoughton3547

2 ай бұрын

There was a book of (I think 12) stories by various authors writing in what was said to be the style of Agatha Christie.

@juliashearer7842

2 ай бұрын

​@@patriciahoughton3547Yes. People don't seem to realise that these authors were selected by the Christie company to create these new short stories of Miss Marple. Of course they are not Agatha Christie but they are fun and clever.

@patriciahoughton3547

2 ай бұрын

@@juliashearer7842 I disliked the one where they talked about something like ‘I must go see Claire’ (or whatever the name was. I believe Val McDermid wrote one, which I thought was the nearest to how Agatha Christie would have done. I bought it on Kindle as soon as it came out, but I’ve forgotten most of the stories.

Awful.