The body in the Library is one of the Agatha Christie's Miss Marple collection and indeed a famous one. While the book has been adapted to many TV series and movies, her character, Ms. Jane Marple who is a female detective, has received lots of appreciation.

The story starts with Dolly Bantry waking up from her pleasant dream. Her maid comes in her room sobbing hysterically and telling her that a body has been found in her library. She, along with her husband rush to the library and find a body of a teenage girl dressed in her beautiful evening dress, having a platinum blonde hair and heavy makeup smeared all over her face. None of the couple, Arthur or Dolly recognize the girl and they have seen her for the first time. They both think that what the girl might be doing in their library even if she didn't  Arthur immediately calls the police while his wife calls her friend, Miss Jane Marple, who is a female detective having ridiculously sharp mind. They soon find out that the girl was a dancer in a famous hotel. After investigation, they learn that the girl was last seen dancing with George Bartlett. He tells the police about his missing car. Another day, a news arrives stating that a burnt corpse of one more teenage girl is found in the middle of the road in a burnt car. Miss Marple suspects that their is a connection between the two murders and that the murderer of the two girls might be the same. The rest of the novel revolves around the characters struggling to know who is the murderer.

My thoughts:

No doubt, this book is a good read and will hook you up. However, you might not like it if you have read And then there were none. The same thing happened with me. I couldn't stop comparing the two books. In And then there were none, the author plays with reader's mind, forcing them to believe that there cannot be a killer and each and everyone is just dying by chance or by mistake. However, in this book, you already know that someone has killed the two girls and at some point in the book, you might also figure out who is the murderer (if you are smart enough!!!) and thus the suspense and  thrill is not seen. Hence, I found this book average (I am not saying I disliked it!!!). Nevertheless, I would strongly recommend to you if you are a mystery book lover!! So go and grab this book to find out who is the killer, what is his/her motive behind it and if Miss Marple will be able to disclose the killer or not.

This is my first Agatha Christie book and after reading it I'm tempted to read more books of the author. I know its a very big statement to make but this book has topped the list of my favourite mystery books. It's the best seller mystery books of all time and is translated into many languages. Many movies have been also made in past from this book including our bollywood movie 'Gumnaam'.

Okay, so let's not spoil the mystery here because it will eventually make the book less valuable. I will, therefore, only talk about the genreal plot(please forgive me for that!!!).

The story is about ten people who are somehow lured into an island for various purposes by a mysterious man called U.N. Owen. On the first night, gramophone plays stating each and everyone about the murders they have commited in the past and escaped from the eyes of law. After this strange event everyone starts to panic.

During a week or so, each person mysteriously dies one after the other which fits exactly to a nursery rhyme. Since, there is no one in the island except the ten people, the killer is one of them (you need to read the book to find out who is the killer!!).

To sum the whole review, its a fantastic book and intrigues you from the very first page. Don't forget to read it!!