"Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe", declared the parson, "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.
When Colonel Protheroe is found dead from a single gun shot wound to the head, none of his neighbors in the village of St. Mary Mead is much surprised. Many people wished this local official would say farewell, if not quite so permanently. While suspects abound and the local pol…
When Colonel Protheroe is found dead from a single gun shot wound to the head, none of his neighbors in the village of St. Mary Mead is much surprised. Many people wished this local official would say farewell, if not quite so permanently. While suspects abound and the local pol…
"In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the intrepid Miss Marple, on holiday in London, must solve a deadly mystery at the end of a chain of very violent events. An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be...When Miss Ma…
During a vacation in London, Miss Marple becomes suspicious of the other guests in her too-dignified West End hotel.
At Bertram's Hotel: a Miss Marple mystery
"An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be. When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she?s looking for at Bertram?s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service, and an unmistakable atmosphere of dange…
"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, know for its service and old-world charm, could be embroiled in scandal. But after a series of strange events--including the di…
Novel is set in a restored London hotel which continues to court a pre-World War II clientele to mix with guests who exhibit changing contemporary values. The plot centers on the efforts of Miss Jane Marple to uncover a gang of criminals who are using Bertram's as their home bas…
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Agatha Christie's genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. Her worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. No one knows the human heart?or the dark passions that can stop it?better than Agatha Christie. She is truly the one and only …
Cheap satin and peroxide blondes were a rare sight in St. Mary Mead, at least before film-man Basil Blake bought a cottage and invited down the London crowd. Then a girl in a garish get-up is found strangled in Colonel Bantry's library, and it appears Basil is involved.
"Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets-- a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs. Symmington, commits suicide. Her final note says 'I can't go on,' but Mis…