WWOOF JAPAN：WWOOF 日本農場 打工慢遊：

"Swift-moving and highly original" (New York Times),
this ingeniously, plotted Chiristie classic is among the author's personal

favorites.

There were three main reasons why I chose this mysterious novel.

First, I admit I am shallow to pick up the one based on the comments.
Second, after reading many of Poirot's series I wanted to try something new.
Third, there were not many of Miss Jane Marple's seires when I purchased in

the book store in Japan.
Finally, I want to know how come this novel is among the author's personal

favorites. (Maybe I was fooled by the propaganda??)

The complexities of this novel are not puzzled and are quite simple and

straight in certain degrees. But dont forget this was written in 1943, sixty

years from now.
Like the phrase in this novel says "No smoke without fire", the mysteries

could be solved if one could get into the core of the problem without

considering too many details and specifics.

When the final curtain is drawn down, there is still one mystery left.
Why did Agatha Christie name this novel as "The Moving Finger"? It seems there

is nothing to do with "moving" nor "finger".

The following is the abstract of this novel:

Jerry Burton has come to the quiet town of Lymstock for a much-needed rest. No

sooner has he arrived than he becomes the target of an anonymous poison pen.
But Burton's not the only one in Lymstock to get stung by threats, rumors, and

sordid accusations. In a town where gossip is the breath of life, suspicion

can spread like venom. And disarming pranks can take deadly turns. Now someone

else has arrived in Lmstock-and it's Miss Jane Marple's duty to finger the

guilty.