agatha christie miss marple a murder is announced

“People in the dark are quite different, aren’t they? ‘

Luckily, this is a Miss Marple novel and the eponymous character indeed makes her appearance and unofficially teams up with the police to try and make heads or tails of a very perplexing crime. The whole village is rife with gossip on the matter and everyone has an opinion, making the task of finding the murderer even more challenging for the detective in charge. The local police start investigating, but mysteries, layered in enigmas and wrapped in riddles abound. Such an invitation is hard to resist and so a bit of a crowd arrives at Little Paddocks to see what all the fuss is about, and indeed, murder happens, with none the wiser as to the perpetrator. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.’ ‘ A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m. This Friday, an advertisement placed in ‘the Gazette’s’ pages cause quite the stir… Reading the gazette is a bit of a highlight, as this is a small village and its inhabitants are unsurprisingly, very interested in every bit of local news. It was not a completely random choice, rather the blurb was extraordinarily compelling and promised a very intriguing plot.Įvery Friday the local gazette is delivered to all the residents of Chipping Cleghorn. As that book is now among my favourites, I was quite eager to sample more of the author’s works and decided on a book in her Miss Marple series. I recently finished The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, my first ever Agatha Christie read and a masterful display of writing.

Published: June 1950 by Collins Crime ClubĪll hail the queen of murder mystery, Agatha Christie!

Agatha christie miss marple a murder is announced