Murder at the Vicarage

The first Miss Marple novel.The first of a new-look series of audio books for the 21st century.

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Classic British mystery from bestselling mystery author of all time

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The Colonel was dead. He was found lying sprawled across his desk in a horribly unnatural position. Only a few hours earlier the vicar had said: "Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe would be doing the world at large a service." And someone had, in the vicar's study! Miss Marple, in her house next door to the vicarage, happens to be in the ideal position to investigate the mystery

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Murder at the Vicarage marks the debut of Agatha Christie's unflappable and much beloved female detective, Miss Jane Marple. With her gift for sniffing out the malevolent side of human nature, Miss Marple is led on her first case to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, the magistrate whom everyone in town hates, has been shot through the head. No one heard the shot. There are no leads. Yet, everyone surrounding the vicarage seems to have a reason to want the Colonel dead. It is a race against the clock as Miss Marple sets out on the twisted trail of the mysterious killer without so much as a bit of help from the local police.

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Introducing Miss Jane Marple, It's a historic event in detective fiction as the unflappable sleuth's passion for gossip - and cheerful recognition of the worst side of human nature - leads her to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, St. Mary Mead's most loathed magistrate, has been found shot through the head. But it isn't the "pompous old brute's" murder that raises eyebrows, but rather the scandalous secrets it exposes

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Agatha Christie's first ever Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

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This TV tie-in edition of an Agatha Christie's title includes a full colour plate section, a 'making of' essay, background facts and a bonus chapter.

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In The Murder at the Vicarage, Miss Marple investigates the murder of Colonel Protheroe. From seven potential murderers, she must seek out the suspect who had both motive and opportunity.

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Miss Jane Marple's passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local man's murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isn't raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are.

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In the sleepy little English country village of St. Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing landowner, is the most detested man in the village. Everyone, even the vicar, wishes he were dead. And very soon he is - shot in the head in the vicar's own study. A visiting artist confesses to the murder, but residents saw him elsewhere at the time the Colonel was shot. If he didn't do it, than who did? Is he protecting the Colonel's wife whom he loves? Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues. A trap is set, and Miss Marple's theory is put to the test when the true killer is finally unmasked.

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A Miss Marple mystery starring June Whitfield.

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Murder mystery in which sleuth Jane Marple tackles the case of a slain colonel with many enemies.