Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple) - Hardcover

Christie, Agatha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000720860X ISBN 13: 9780007208609

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

Synopsis

A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television.

When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple's Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha's death.

To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marple's first appearance, and to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form – 12 novels and two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats from the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.

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Review:

A puzzle that is tortuous, surprising and finally satisfying. --Sunday Express (London) Miss Marple is spry, shrewd and compassionate. --Sunday Telegraph "Miss Marple has endured as the quintessential amateur sleuth, using intellect and intuition to solve crimes. She is the sort of character that makes a cozy truly cozy."--Nevada Barr, New York Times bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon mysteries "Miss Marple is spry, shrewd and compassionate."--Sunday Telegraph "A puzzle that is tortuous, surprising and finally satisfying."--Sunday Express (London)

Book Description:

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple, the sharp-witted spinster sleuth.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 000720860X
• ISBN 13: 9780007208609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224