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Miss Marple Books In Order

Miss Marple Books In Publication Order

  1. The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
  2. The Body in the Library (1942)
  3. The Moving Finger (1942)
  4. A Murder is Announced (1950)
  5. They Do It With Mirrors (1952)
  6. A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
  7. 4:50 From Paddington (1957)
  8. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (1962)
  9. A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
  10. At Bertram’s Hotel (1965)
  11. Nemesis (1971)
  12. Sleeping Murder (1976)

Miss Marple Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Thirteen Problems (1932)
  2. 13 Clues for Miss Marple (1966)
  3. Miss Marple’s Final Cases (1979)
  4. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985)
  5. Miss Marple Short Stories (2005)

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Miss Marple Books Overview

The Murder at the Vicarage

The first Miss Marple novel. The first of a new look series of audio books for the 21st century. Beautifully re packaged with stunning new cover illustrations and design that rival some of the best jackets and audio collections out there! Story telling at it’s best, that makes them a delight to listen to. ‘Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,’ declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ‘would be doing the world at large a service!’ It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later. From seven potential murderers, Miss Marple must seek out the suspect who has both motive and opportunity.

The Body in the Library

Dolly Bantry’s reaction on seeing the body of a beautiful, but very dead, blonde in her library is to immediately call for her friend Jane Marple. The police identify the girl as Ruby Keene, a dance hostess. She was reported missing by elderly invalid Conway Jefferson who, fond of Ruby, planned to adopt her much against his family’s wishes. When the body of another dead girl turns up, Miss Marple, with her incredible eye for spotting the clues that others overlook, determines to find this ruthless killer. ‘Hearing these books for the first time, it may come as some surprise how very funny Miss Christie can be.’ ‘Spectator’.

The Moving Finger

In an unexpected twist, Agatha Christie’s hero*ine, Miss Jane Marple, doesn’t make an appearance in The Moving Finger until the second half of the tale. Instead, Christie has Jerry Burton, a man recovering from an airplane accident, narrate this intriguing mystery, proving once again her well deserved reputation as a master mystery writer. Burton and his sister are staying in a quiet English village where a number of residents including themselves are receiving a series of vile anonymous letters. But could these letters have triggered a suicide? When a murder soon follows, Burton steps in to help Inspector Nash find the culprit. Just as the case looks like it’s solved, Miss Marple conveniently visits the quaint town and reopens the investigation, dazzling the villagers with her untangling of the murderous events.

A Murder is Announced

A new tie in edition of Agatha Christie’s bestseller, to coincide with the broadcast of the new movie on ITV starring Geraldine McEwan. Includes a full colour plate section, a ‘making of’ essay, background facts and a bonus chapter. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertiseme*nt 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!

They Do It With Mirrors

This memoir of Sholom Aleichem by his youngest daughter is at once the first complete biography of a great writer and a warm and charming evocation of family life in pre Revolutionary Russia. Although critics in many countries have commented voluminously on the world that Sholom Aleichem created in his stories that world of simple villages, of humor and wisdom and moral sensitivity his own life, astonishingly, has never before been fully told. And much of it may come as a surprise to the vast audience that has read his stories in English, in Yiddish, in almost every major language spoken today, or seen them transmuted as Fiddler on the Roof. For this man whose writing conjures up the naive magic of folklore was himself a Kiev stockbroker, urbane, sophisticated, an early supporter of Zionism, a contributor to literary journals the memoir provides fascinating insights into literary and theatrical circles of the time an intellectual and a man of the world. Sholom Aleichem’s ebullient nature and intellectual civility, triumphing over early hardship, over ill health and the anguish of world crisis, pervaded even his will: he asked that the anniversary of his death be celebrated by reading ‘one of the very merry’ of his stories, so that his name might be ‘recalled with laughter’.

A Pocket Full of Rye

After wealthy financier Rex Fortescue’s sudden death, grains of rye are inexplicably found in his pocket. The coroner s verdict is death by poisoning, yet only one of the dead man s relatives seems upset. The others all have motives to want the old man dead. When two more members of the Fortescue household are murdered, Miss Marple enters the case. But is one bizarre clue the pocket full of rye enough to solve the strangest case of her career?

4:50 From Paddington

Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman’s throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses! and no corpse.

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side

Agatha Christie’s audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation into human nature.

A Caribbean Mystery

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.

At Bertram’s Hotel

Miss Jane Marple has checked into Bertram’s Hotel in London for a much needed vacation. The last thing she expects is that this elegant establishment, known for its service and old world charm, could be embroiled in scandal. But after a series of strange events including the disappearance of a fellow guest, the arrival of a notorious celebrity bad boy, and finally, a shocking murder she finds herself drawn into a multifaceted mystery. The hotel is full of suspects who have potential motives and convenient alibis. While the local inspector is preoccupied with a series of recent robberies, only Miss Marple, with her shrewd observations and keen understanding of human nature, can sort out the puzzling sequence of events and zero in on the killer.

Nemesis

The sharp witted spinster sleuth, Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St. Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. She is greatly surprised by a summons to the dead man’s solicitor, where she receives a bizarre challenge in the form of a posthumous letter. According to Mr. Rafiel, a crime has been committed. But what crime, and who is involved? To investigate, Miss Marple joins a luxury bus tour of English homes and gardens. Each tour companion offers clues in this most complex and satisfying mystery. Presented unabridged on 7 CDs.

Sleeping Murder

When pretty, young newlywed Gwenda Reed travels from New Zealand to England ahead of her new husband, she encounters a series of strange d j vu’s. First there’s the Victorian coastal house that feels disturbingly familiar. Then a line of dialogue heard at a London play triggers a terrifying vision of a dead woman’s body with the killer poised over her, sending Gwenda running in terror into the streets. Fortunately, Miss Marple is also at the theater and, curious, she pursues Gwenda. What follows is one of the intrepid investigator’s most engaging cases as she ignores her own advice to Gwenda to ‘let Sleeping Murder lie.’ Presented unabridged on 6 CDs.

The Thirteen Problems

One of the most recognized sleuths in all of fiction, Miss Marple is the proper English gentlewoman who never misses a chance to gossip. This bright eyed elderly detective stars in this collection of 13 titles, including: ‘The Tuesday Night Club,’ ‘The Idol House of Astarte,’ ‘Ingots of Gold,’ ‘The Blood Stained Pavement,’ ‘Motive Versus Opportunity,’ ‘The Thumb Mark of Saint Peter,’ ‘The Blue Geranium,’ ‘The Compassion,’ ‘The Four Suspects,’ ‘A Christmas Tragedy,’ ‘The Herb of Death,’ ‘The Affair at the Bungalow,’ and ‘Death by Drowning.’

Miss Marple’s Final Cases

Volume 78 in The Agatha Christie Classic Collection 1979. Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide First, the mystery man in the church with a bullet wound…
then, the riddle of a dead man’s buried treasure…
the curious conduct oif a caretaker after a fatal riding accident…
the corpse and a tape measure…
the girl framed for theft…
and the suspect accused of stabbing his wife with a dagger. Six gripping cases with one thing in common the astonishing deductive powers of Miss Marple. Also includes two non Marple mysteries, ‘The Dressmaker’s Doll’ and ‘In a Glass Darkly’.

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories

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 Cli*thering, 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.