40 While she may not solve crime in a conventional way, Miss Marple holds many attributes of areal detective. Even though she may not think she has a method behind
her crime-solving techniques, she consistently uses the same set of tools to outwit criminals. Bargainnier gives Miss Marple the credit she deserves, as he attests To solve her cases,
Miss Marple uses analogy, role-playing, careful observation, and, to use Poirot’s phrase, order and method. Combined with her basic distrust of other’s
statements, her ability to see through those statements, and her ruthless determination to see justice prevail, these abilities are the essentials of her skill as a detective (74). It is through
role-playing and gossip, her keen observation skills, distrust of people, and feminine intuition that Miss Marple is able to establish herself as much more than an amateur detective.
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