But then with a twist of a plot which Christie is known for, this quiet little hotel is starting to become more prominent and when the noise of a gunshot is heard, it becomes even more well known. But among the decor, the food, the excellent service the police are watching what is going on at Bertram’s Hotel. Could there be a connection? Bertram’s remains removed from it all with its Edwardian Glamour and Afternoon Teas. The world is learning about jewelry thefts and train and bank robberies and the horror of the world and the police are not getting results. And then there all the American Guests are they really here for a taste of Edwardian England in the Sixties? But then he forgets something quite important and seems to disappear. Regular visitor, Canon Pennyfather, forgetful and muddled is using Bertram’s as a base whilst he goes to a conference. She is desperate to break away from her guardians and start living her own life with her own money,without the conditions that go with the small fortune. Then there is Elvira Blake, staying with her godfather and guardian on the way to stay with cousins after returning from finishing school in Italy.
The whirlwind celebrity that is Bess Sedgwick is staying there, delighting in shocking people wherever she goes and in whatever she does.
Her friend Lady Selina seems to be recognising people for she knows that aren’t. Miss Marple is naturally suspicious, there is more to this place than is obvious.
Many many years later she returns there but it is very much different for the Bertram’s of the past but at the same time it is much if not exactly the same and nothing has changed at all. She has come back to Bertram’s Hotel where as a girl she can recall a splendid time being had.
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