About the Book

The fourth Miss Marple mystery, now available as a Harper trade paperback.

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises: “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 spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When the come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible event? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.

Critical Praise

“Agatha Christie gave readers the world over a vivid sense of English life, especially in her depiction of the small village where nothing happen—until, of course, a murder is discovered.” - Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs novels

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780062879806
• ISBN 10: 0062879804
• Imprint: HarperLuxe
• On Sale: 11/19/2019
• Pages: 400
• List Price:24.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Crime
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Historical

Agatha Christie

Biography

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime for her 80 ingenious crime books and her plays. Writing anonymously as Mary Westmacott, she also wrote about crimes of the heart, a series of six bittersweet novels with a jagged edge, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

Other Works by Agatha Christie

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  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd & Five Little Pigs

  By Agatha Christie

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  Midwinter Murder

  By Agatha Christie

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  Death on the Nile

  By Agatha Christie