A collection of short stories, some of which don't feature Miss Marple at all. There are some good ones though, like "The Case of the Caretaker", in which a local bad boy who had to leave the village due to his behavior returns years later with a new, wealthy bride. The couple is relentlessly harassed by an old woman but no one can figure out why.
My least favorite was "Strange Jest", which features one of Christie's rich old uncles who enjoys playing games with his will. There are two stories in the collection that involve the supernatural rather than criminals, and one story in which Miss Marple is the narrator, which I don't remember her doing elsewhere. I was worried by the title of this book that she'd be killed off here but it didn't happen. ( )

Miss Marple's short stories are interesting. Note that this book contains a couple of non-Miss Marple stories that are rather different though, and in my mind, much worse. Also note that the same short stories appear in multiple compostions (only a few of these were new to me). ( )

مش فاكرة بالظبط ليه الكتاب معجبنيش بس ف الأغلب كان ممل أو غي واقعي ( )

Miss Marple is one of those wonderful characters that I can see and hear whenever reading her mysteries. These final cases, 6 short stories, are by today's standards simple mysteries. There's no technical gadgetry, hardly even a telephone! No fast cars or high speed chases. No brutal attacks on anyone, apart from the murder, and that happens quietly, without a gory, blood and guts description of the deed. Reading this was like watching something from the black and white days of television. I remember watching Margaret Rutherford play the part of Miss Marple and for me, no other actress comes close to my imagined persona and the clever writing by Agatha Christie still manages to intrigue and surprise, even in the 21st century. ( )

Ideal bed time reading - the stories are written well enough to draw you in, but are short and formulaic enough to not keep you up all night guessing what happened next.

Some of the stories are more obvious than others. Unlike in the The Thirteen Problems, there is no particular thread to collection - and no story line within the collection to reveal more about Miss Marple (or why the collection is titled Final Cases). For that, 3 stars, not more.

I guess, if Christie had been able alive to have an input in the editing and collating of the stories it might have turned out better, but this was published to provide a final fix for Marple enthusiasts.

So, if you are considering picking up a Marple story for the first time, don't start with this one. ( )