Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection: 13 (Miss Marple Mysteries) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062073710 ISBN 13: 9780062073716

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2011

Synopsis

This collection gathers together every short storyfeaturing one of Agatha Christie's most famouscreations: Miss Marple. Described by her friendDolly Bantry as "the typical old maid of fiction,"Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in thesleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observingvillage life she has gained an unparalleled insight intohuman nature--and used it to devastating effect.As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heardto say: "She's just the finest detective God evermade"--and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.

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Review:

"Christie's heart is in her books, speaking to us through her characters just as clearly and forthrightly as she would speak, could she walk into her drawing room and greet a friend."--Carolyn Hart, Agatha Award-winning author of the Death on Demand mysteries

About the Author:

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062073710
• ISBN 13: 9780062073716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384