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Miss Marple solves difficult crimes because of her shrewd intelligence, and St. Mary Mead, over her lifetime, has given her seemingly infinite examples of the negative side of human nature.

Crimes always remind her of a parallel incident.

Acquaintances may be bored by analogies that often lead her to a deeper realization about the true nature of a crime.

Although she looks sweet, frail, and old, she fears neither dead nor living.

She also has a remarkable ability to latch onto a casual comment and connect it to the case at hand.