Ruby Keene The Body In The Library

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In The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie provides many mystery tropes that are a staple in the mystery genre. For example, Miss Marple, supposingly the main sleuth, has barely even touched the mystery. This is similar with her french detective Hercule Poirot. Both investigators never want to get involved, and normally leave it up to other people. E.g. Superintendent Harper, and Colonel Melchett. Normally the victim of the crime is a rich, popular, pretty, young girl. Ruby Keene in this example is a young girl with platinum blonde hair, and works at Melville Studios. The night she was murdered, she was at a dance. One of the biggest suspects is George Barlett, a sketchy, stuttery man who danced with Ruby the night of the murder according