Murder at the Vicarage:It's a historic event in detective fiction as the unflappable sleuth's passion for gossip—and cheerful recognition of the .worst side of human nature--leads her to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, St. Mary Uead's most loathed magistrate, has been found shot through the head. But it isn't the "pompous old brute's" murder that raises eyebrows, but rather the scandalous secrets it exposes. Those secrets are about to put St. Mary Mead on the map--and send Miss Uarple on the trail of a killer with something to hide. 4:50 From Paddington:Elspeth McGillicuddy is sweet, sensible, and generally not given to hallucinations. Until she boards the Paddington Station train for St. Mary Mead and becomes a witness to what appears to be murder. But was it? She claims she saw a strange man strangling a woman in an adjoining train--a crime no one else saw, no one else reported, and no one else believes ever really happened. Except her friend Miss Jane Uarple. And the indomitable sleuth is returning to the scene of the crime to discover just exactly what Mrs. McGillicuddy saw. The Thirteen Problems:Miss Jane Marple has gathered together an intimate group of friends and family for an evening of fun, games, mystery, and suspicion. What results is a baker's dozen of fiendishly told tales of malicious misdeeds and delightful deductions—and twice as many suspects, airtight alibis, and tantalizing clues. Thirteen stories in which the indomitable sleuth plays host to some of the most clever crimes--and criminals |
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