Discuss Bertram's Hotel. What about Bertram's makes it unusual? Who are the majority of Bertram's guests? How do these people afford Bertram's? Why does Bertram's encourage these people to stay at the hotel? What are some reasons they people give for staying at Bertram's? How is Bertram's involved in the rash of robberies that have been taking place in and around London? Why did the robbers chose Bertram's?

Who is Miss Jane Marple? Why has she chosen Bertram's Hotel as the location of a vacation? What about Bertram's is important to Miss Marple? What does Miss Marple do, for the most part, on her vacation? What does Miss Marple immediately notice about Lady Sedgwick and Elvira Blake? Is this assumption true? What else does Miss Marple notice about Lady Sedgwick and Elvira Blake? How does this help Miss Marple aid Father in solving the...