Book description
The first three full-length Miss Marple novels, set before and during
the Second World War, see the world's most accomplished amateur sleuth
unravelling the dark side of human nature to uncover three cases of
Murder Most Foul!
The Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie's first ever Miss Marple mystery. It was a careless
remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt
the clergyman just a few hours later. From seven potential murderers,
Miss Marple must seek out the suspect who has both motive and opportunity.
The Body in the Library
It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young
woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up,
which is now smeared across her cheeks.
The Moving Finger
Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town
where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor
stir. But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs Symmington,
commits suicide. Only Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of
suicide. Was this the work of a poison-pen? Or of a poisoner? “The
acknowledged queen of detective fiction.”
Observer
“When she really hits her stride, as she does here, she is hard to surpass.”
Saturday Review of Literature
“Her gift is pure genius.” Observer Agatha Christie was born in
Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in
history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written
towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot,
who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since
Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of
Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language
and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of
80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels
under the name of Mary Westmacott.
