A Murder is Announced

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads:

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Agatha Christie_s most ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: _A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m._A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out_

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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advert in the local gazette which reads: A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 pm. A practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare Letitia Blacklock?

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An invitation to partake in a "murder" at the home of Letitia Blacklock comes as a surprise to Letitia's friends--and a bigger surprise to Letitia herself. When the lights go down, a gunshot rings out. Now, Miss Jane Marple wants to play a game of whodunit. Reissue.

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When an evening of fun and games turns to murder, Miss Marple plays by her own rules to solve the whodunit.

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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Marple, are amazed by an advertisement in the local paper which reads A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm. Unable to resist, a crowd begins to gather at the house at the appointed time.

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The ad read: "A Murder is announced, & will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends please accept this, the only intimation." The ad in the local paper is a joke in very bad taste. But none of Miss Blacklock's friends can resist calling on her at the appointed hour. At 6:30 precisely the lights go out, & a murder takes place. Specifically, one might have thought, for the benefit & enjoyment of Miss Jane Marple

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Miss Marple does the detecting in this story of blackmail and murder in an English village.