Jane Marple murder mysteries
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Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
The murder of Colonel Protheroe -- shot through the head -- is a shock to everyone in St Mary Mead, though hardly an unpleasant one. Now even the vicar, who had declared that killing the detested Protheroe would be 'doing the world at large a favour, ' is a suspect -- the Colonel has been dispatched in the clergyman's study, no less. But the picturesque English village of St Mary Mead is overpopulated with suspects. There is of course the faithless...
Author
Series
Jane Marple murder mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Distributed by Workman Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
191 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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. But when suspicion falls on the colonel, Miss Marple sets out to prove his innocence.
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English
Description
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 Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of suicide. Soon nobody is sure of anyone as secrets stop being shameful and start becoming deadly.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
198 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this ingeniously plotted Christie classic, a child's nursery rhyme holds three clues to finding a cunning killer when a well-to-do household becomes infested with murder.
Author
Series
Jane Marple murder mysteries volume 10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Harper pbk ed.
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through the window of her first-class coach, Mrs. McGillicuddy sees a woman being strangled in a passing train, No one believes her except her good friend Miss Marple. Now the inimitable sleuth must find a body and match wits with a killer
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In Agatha Christie's short story, "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding," Poirot is asked to attend a Christmas celebration in order to apprehend a jewel-thief who has taken advantage of an unwary eastern prince. Full of English holiday tradition and plenty of intrigue, this holiday tale first appeared in the December 12, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.
Author
Series
Jane Marple murder mysteries volume 13
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Harper pbk ed.
Physical Desc
269 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
16) Nemesis
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
When Jane Marple receives an unusual letter from Jason Rafiel, a week after his death, she is led into a web of suspense
17) Sleeping murder
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Although Gwenda and Giles Reed are determined to solve a macabre puzzle involving a hauntingly familiar Victorian villa and a terrifying vision of a strangled woman, Miss Jane Marple advises them not to uncover a long unreported murder.
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Miss Marple's final cases: and two other stories , Jane Marple murder mysteries volume 18
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Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U. S. edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery...Miss Marple...