The Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery

ISBN: 0063440016

Author: Christie, Agatha

Condition: New

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery comes the first Miss Marple mystery wherein a dead body in a clergymans study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide-now with a stunning new look and special foreword by Lucy Foley.Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone-even in the vicar-wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.