Well, that title is a winner anyway. If Jason and the Muppets could take Manhattan, why not Miss Marple?
The set-up has it that Broadway, or West Broadway, is mounting an adaptation of one of her nephew Raymond’s novels, so he’s been invited to attend for the premiere and he brings along his favourite aunt – even though she has little interest in cultural matters and just wants to visit American department stores and shop for linens and a tea service.
It’s a funny idea and Alyssa Cole plays it well. The main joke being that Miss M is less a fish out of water in Manhattan than her nephew. I also like the characters and the historical setting, which ties the plot in with the Red Scare. Unfortunately, it wasn’t much of a mystery and not only is there no way to figure things out before the reveal at the end, the reveal at the end actually left me scratching my head a bit. It wasn’t as bad in this respect as the previous story in this collection, “The Second Murder at the Vicarage,” but I still didn’t think it was playing fair when it came to proper clues. This was in all other respects a better story though.
Alex Good 
I’m just surprised she made an atlantic flight without finding a body in the plane’s lavatory or stuffed under a seat or hiding in the food trolley.
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Well, we’re not saying she *didn’t* . . .
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Well, to be honest, I was kind of hoping she would step in front of a bus in Manhattan. You know, that whole left/right side of the road thing. I hear lots of murican’s get squashed when visiting London, so turnabout’s fair play I say…
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She does have some problems navigating traffic, if I remember correctly. But Miss M is far too observant to be taken out that way. It would have to be a dramatic plot with different moving parts all coming together for her to be finished off.
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The All-American Quarterback!
In the Stadium!
With a bomb cleverly disguised as a baseball!
There, you can write that story up and sell it to the local rag. Should sell like gangbusters. Probably make you a whole shiny nickel for profit too…
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Just need to get Charlize Theron or ScarJo to sign on to play Miss Marple and it will be all set.
And I won’t work for less than a farthing!
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My votes for Charlize. I think this role would really expand her artistic ability…
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I’ll let her know your vote. It may be enough to sway her.
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One vote DOES count.
Democracy is saved, all thanks to Hollywood…
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Whomst is Alyssa Cole? Miss Marple sounds so boring when you are used to. Mrs.Pollifax.
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She’s the author of the story. This is from a collection of Marple stories by other writers. I still haven’t tried Mrs. Poleaxe.
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I always think that authors who use other authors (dead ones I guess) characters must be lacking in originality in the best case scenario, or outright thieves in the worst.
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Whew! Tough crowd!
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