Download or read book Murder at the Vicarage written by Agatha Christie and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Protheroe, St. Mary Mead's most loathed magistrate, has been found shot through the head. It isn't his murder that raises eyebrows, but rather the scandalous secrets it exposes which send Miss Marple on the trail of a killer with something to hide. Reissue.
Download or read book 13 CLUES OF MISS MARPLE written by AGATHA CHRISTIE and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miss Marple Tells a Story A Miss Marple Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.
Download or read book Miss Marple The Complete Short Stories written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest short form fiction in the crime fiction field, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as “the typical old maid of fiction,” Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature—and used it to devastating effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heard to say: “She’s just the finest detective God ever made”—and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.
Download or read book Miss Marple written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Marple featured in 20 short stories, published in a number of different collections in Britain and America. Presented here in their order of publication, Miss Marple uses her unique insight to deduce the truth about a series of unsolved crimes.
Download or read book The Idol House of Astarte written by Agatha Christie and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, featuring Miss Marple, from the collection Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories. Years ago, a murder was committed on the night of a costume party thrown by Sir Richard Haydon. Sir Richard's estate contained the grove of Astarte, which held a mysterious stone summer house rumored to have been the site of numerous sacred rites in years long past. In a surprise act, the lovely Diana Ashley enacted the role of Astarte, startling Sir Richard who stumbled and fell. When the others reached his body, he was found dead of a knife wound to the heart. After all these years, can the Club still solve the case?
Download or read book Miss Marple Christian Sleuth written by Isabel Anders and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rage for crime fiction today mysteriously includes a wide and enduring attraction to the few remaining wholly admirable role models still available to readers. The iconic Miss Marple, ‘faved’ by traditionalists and pop fans alike, deftly models her love of God and neighbor in concrete terms—and stands boldly for Truth and Good. This beloved, enigmatic, mild-mannered spinster champions the triumph of order over chaos in society, through her process of detection in which the solution rests in provable fact. ,
Download or read book Miss Marple Omnibus written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another four of Agatha Christieâe(tm)s twelve, celebrated Miss Marple novels in a single volume, bound in the stylish livery of the new series. A Caribbean Mystery As Miss Marple dozes in the West Indian sun, an old soldier talks of elephant shooting and scandals. Then he dies âe" shortly after offering to show her a picture of a murderer. Itâe(tm)s not long before the deceptively frail detective finds herself investigating a most exotic murderâe¦ A Pocket Full of Rye Rex Fortescue, âe~kingâe(tm) of a financial empire, was in his counting house; his âe~queenâe(tm) was in the parlourâe¦and thatâe(tm)s exactly where they were when they died. There are baffling similarities between the rhyme and the crime and it takes all Miss Marpleâe(tm)s ingenuity to find themâe¦ The Mirror Crackâe(tm)d from Side to Side Marina Gregg, the famous actress, witnesses a murder in her country home. But what gave her the expression of frozen terror that only Dolly Bantry saw? Dolly, of course, knows just who can find out: her old friend Miss Marpleâe¦ They Do It With Mirrors To fulfil a promise to an old schoolfriend, Miss Marple stays in a country house âe" with 200 juvenile delinquents and seven heirs to an old ladyâe(tm)s fortune. One of them is a murderer âe" with, it seems, a talent for being in two places at onceâe¦
Download or read book The Body in the Library A Miss Marple Mystery written by Agatha Christie and published by Miss Marple Mysteries. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with a beautiful new series look, the iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie's classic mystery. It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry? The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple into their home to investigate. Amid rumors of scandal, she baits a clever trap to catch a ruthless killer.
Download or read book Miss Marple Tells a Story written by Agatha Christie and published by Witness Impulse. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Marple Tells a Story by Agatha Christie has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
Download or read book Miss Marple s Final Cases written by Agatha Christie and published by Marple. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new mini hardback edition completes the series of collectable Miss Marple hardbacks - the first time all 14 Marple books have had their own uniform hardback series. Nine intriguing tales One unequalled storyteller An unknown wounded man in a church. A fatal riding accident. A corpse and a tape measure. Whether in St Mary Mead or further afield, there is always much wickedness lurking below the surface, should, like Jane Marple, you have the eyes to see it. Published posthumously, this collection of tales, seven of them featuring Agatha Christie's much loved Miss Marple, plus two stand-alone stories, is a treasure trove. Never underestimate Miss Marple 'She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed.' Susan Lewis 'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction.' Observer
Download or read book The Idol House of Astarte written by Agatha Christie and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic short story, Miss Marple attempts to solve the unexplainable murder of a baronet who was stabbed, with no one around him in sight . . . During the first meeting of the Tuesday Night Club at Miss Marple’s home, her guests present real tales of mystery, and the wise hostess attempts to solve them from the comfort of her armchair. Next up with a spooky story is local clergyman Dr. Pender . . . Years ago, Pender attended a costume party at the estate of his college friend, Sir Richard Haydon. Haydon believed that sacred rites to ancient goddesses were once performed on his grounds. Later, socialite Diana Ashley surprised the guests by dressing as a priestess to Astarte. But even more shocking was Haydon’s sudden fall. He was stabbed in the heart with no one close enough to attack him, and no weapon to be found. Although decades have passed since the bizarre murder, Miss Marple and her club may be able to deliver justice for Sir Haydon . . . Originally published in the United States in Detective StoryMagazine in 1928, “The Idol House of Astarte” appeared in Christie’s short story collection, The Thirteen Problems, in 1932.
Download or read book Nemesis written by Agatha Christie and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with a beautiful new series look, Miss Marple receives a letter from a dead man instructing her how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime. In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel--an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left instructions for her to investigate a crime after his death. The only problem was, he had failed to tell her who was involved or where and when the crime had been committed. It was most intriguing. Soon she is faced with a new crime--the ultimate crime--murder. It seems someone is adamant that past evils remained buried...
Download or read book 13 Clues for Miss Marple written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Murder Is Announced written by Agatha Christie and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.” A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.
Download or read book The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple written by Anne Hart and published by New York : Dodd, Mead. This book was released on 1985 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the short stories and novels in which Miss Marple appears and provides a portrait of the character.
Download or read book A Murder is Announced written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new tie-in edition of Agatha Christie's bestseller, to coincide with the broadcast of the new movie on ITV. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6. 30 p. m. 'A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out. . .
