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 / Historical
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Crime

Agatha Christie

Biography

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

Other Works by Agatha Christie

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  Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks: Stories and Secrets of Murder in the Making

  By Agatha Christie

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  The Mysterious Affair at Styles

  By Agatha Christie

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  Bodies from the Library: Lost Classic Stories by Masters of the Golden Age

  By Agatha Christie