The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007274602 ISBN 13: 9780007274604

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2008-05-20 Pages: 48 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Miss Marple's first case is adapted into the first Miss Marple comic book in this long-awaited adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's most famous novels.Nothing ever happens in the peaceful village of St Mary Mead.So it seems almost incredible when Colonel Protheroe is discovered shot through the head in the vicarage study.Unfortunately for the murderer. there is someone in the village who knows everything. sees everything and hears everything - and she intends to work out who killed the Colonel.Her name is Miss Marple! The Murder at the Vicarage was the book that introduced Miss Marple to the world.Loosely based on Agatha Christies own grandmother. this charming but suspicious old lady was to become the worlds most famous amateur sleuth. and is brought to life in this graphic adaptation ...

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Review:

When she really hits her stride, as she does here, Agatha Christie is hard to surpass. --Saturday Review of Literature

"When she really hits her stride, as she does here, Agatha Christie is hard to surpass."--Saturday Review of Literature

"Agatha Christie taught me two things: that plotting mysteries was an art, and that a woman detective could be as strong a character as a male detective."--Charles Todd, New York Times bestselling author of the Ian Rutledge mysteries and Bess Crawford mysteries

Book Description:

“Any book by Agatha Christie attracts attention but when she really hits her stride, as she does in Murder at the Vicarage, she is hard to surpass.” Saturday Review of Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0007274602
• ISBN 13: 9780007274604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Norma