Miss Marple: the Complete Short Stories - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006499627 ISBN 13: 9780006499626

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1997

Synopsis

A stunningly repackaged omnibus, gathering together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie's most famous creations: Miss Marple. 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 devasting 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. Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of Crime herself, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through her many film and television appearances.

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Review:

'The plots are so good that one marvels ... most of them would have made a full length thriller.' Daily Mirror

From the Back Cover:

ALL 20 OF AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MISS MARPLE STORIES IN A SINGLE VOLUME

Miss Marple made her fist appearance in a book in 1930, and her twelfth and final novel was published shortly after Agatha Christie's death almost 50 years later. In the intervening years Miss Marple also featured in 20 short stories, published in a number of different collections. But never before have they been available together.

In this complete volume, Miss Marple uses her unique insight to deduce the truth about a series of unsolved crimes – cases of a girl framed for theft, some disappearing bloodstains, the cryptic last message of a poisoned man, a woman killed within days of writing her will, a spiritualist who predicts death, a mortally wounded stranger in a church, a Christmas tragedy...

In all 20 ingenious crimes, every one guaranteed to keep you guessing until the turn of the final page.

"The plots are so good that one marvels...most of them would have made a full length thriller"
DAILY MIRROR

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0006499627
• ISBN 13: 9780006499626
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368