The Body in The Library - Summary

The body in

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The Body in the Library Chapter 1: The Setting

• St. Mary Mead - A small English country village. A nice place where nothing happens, the people are nice.

• Gossington Hall - A large house in the eastern part of St. Mary Mead. Owned by Colonel Bantry and Dolly Bantry.

• The Library - A body was found there.

The Body in the Library Chapter 1: The characters

• Colonel Arthur Bantry

• Dolly Bantry

• Mary (The maid)

• The butler

• Miss Jane Marple

• Constable Park

• Inspector Slack

NEW CHARACTERS IN CHAPTER 2

Inspector slack

Doctor haydock

Colonel Melchett

Basil blake

Who is he?Do people from St. Mary Mead like him?Who is Dinah Lee?

Who is he?Does Colonel Bantry like him?

Who is he?Which relationship does he have with Colonel Bantry?

Who is he?

• Chapters 1–2: One morning, the body of a young girl is found in the library of Gossington Hall, in the quiet village of St Mary Mead, England. The girl has been strangled. The hall belongs to a respectable couple, Colonel and Mrs Bantry, who have no idea who she is or how she got there. Mrs Bantry calls her friend, Miss Jane Marple, an elderly lady with a skill for solving murders, to help investigate the crime. The Chief Constable, Colonel Melchett, arrives and interviews Colonel Bantry, and then decides to visit Basil Blake, a flamboyant young man who lives nearby. He suspects the dead girl may be Blake’s girlfriend. However, while he is talking to Blake, the girlfriend in question arrives.

The body in

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NEW PLACES AND CHARACTERS IN CH3

Josephine (JOSIE)turner

Ruby keene

Raymondstarr

Majestichotel

The dead girl.

The place where Ruby and Josie were working.

The star that co-worked with both Ruby and Josie.

Ruby Keene's cousin.

NEW PLACES AND CHARACTERS IN CH4

George bartlett

Mr prescott.

Superintendent harper

Adelaide Jefferson

She's Mr. Jefferson's daughter-in-law. She was married to Jefferson's son until he died.

He's the last person who saw Ruby Keene alive. She was dancing with him before dissapearing.

The manager of the hotel.

A police officer.

• Chapters 3-4: Melchett learns that a professional dancer,matching the description of the murdered girl, has gone missing from a hotel in Danemouth. Josie Turner, the cousin of the dead girl and a work companion, identifies the body as Ruby Keene. Josie tells Miss Marple and Melchett that Conway Jefferson, an old invalid man, had called the police about Ruby’s disappearance. Miss Marple is suspicious of Josie. Later, Colonel Melchett talks to the hotel manager, who says Mr Jefferson was interested in Ruby Keene, and Adelaide Jefferson, Mr Jefferson’s daughter-in-law, confirms this. Then they interview the last person who saw Ruby Keene alive. George Bartlett is the person who danced with Ruby the night before her dissapearance, he was a stupid boy who couldn't help but being nervous throughout the whole interview.

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NEW CHARACTERS IN CH5 AND 6

Peter carmody

Mark Gaskell

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Sir Henry Clithering

He is Mr Jefferson's grandson.

He is Mr Jefferson's butler/servant.

He is Mr Jefferson's son-in-law. He was married to Jefferson's daughter until she passed away.

He was an old friend of Jefferson. He was the head of the police in London.

• Chapters 5-6: Melchett talks to Conway Jefferson and discovers that the old man was planning to adopt Rub Keene and leave her 50,000 pounds in his will, and that his son-in-law, Mark Gaskell, and his daughter-in-law were not happy with the idea. Melchett and Superintendent Harper agree that this is a motive, but realise the two people have alibis (an excuse).Melchett and Harper keep investigating and discover that apparently Ruby Keene had a boyfriend but she didn't tell this to anyone. after this, George Bartlett announces that his car has dissapeared from the parking lot.Colonel Melchett and Harper interview Raymond Starr, who tells them that probably this whole Jefferson's thing was planned by Josie. They also start to suspect from Bartlett. At the end, Bartlett's car seems to be found burnt and with a body inside of it.

• Chapter 6: At the end of Chapter 6, Sir Henry Clithering is introduced. But he does not add too much to the story. He only tells Jefferson that he saw someone downstairs that could be more helpful on discovering the mystery. That person is Jane Marple.