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Stories: By The Pricking Of My Thumbs
An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace… When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about ‘something behind the fireplace’, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic…
Stories: And Then There Were None
1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. When one of the party dies suddenly they realise they may be harbouring a murderer among their number.
The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again… and again...
Stories: Sparkling Cyanide
A beautiful heiress is fatally poisoned in a West End restaurant. Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary – in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly one year previously. No one present on that fateful night would ever forget the woman’s face, contorted beyond recognition – or what they remembered about her astonishing life.
Stories: Sleeping Murder
The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past…
Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs…
In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a ‘perfect’ crime committed many years before.
Stories: The Secret of Chimneys
A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia.
The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles – until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret.
Stories: Strange Jest
Have the two nephews Edward Rossiter and Charmain Stroud really been left nothing in their uncle's will? His promise while alive suggests otherwise and Miss Marple intends to investigate. From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories and Miss Marple's Final Cases.
Stories: Tape-Measure Murder
Mrs Spenlow is found murdered and the only person unaffected by the loss seems to be her husband. His alibi was a visit to Miss Marple, but can she prove his innocence? From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories and Miss Marple's Final Cases.
Stories: The Case of the Perfect Maid
A maid is sacked for theft, but when Miss Marple's maid says that her replacement is still stealing from her employers, the elderly sleuth suspects something is not quite right... From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories and Miss Marple's Final Cases.
Stories: Have You Got Everything You Want?
Boarding the Orient Express at the Gare de Lyon, a young woman discovers the presence of the detective Parker Pyne on the train, who is there to solve a jewel robbery that hasn’t happened yet. She thinks she might know the intended victim…
Stories: The Case of the Discontented Soldier
The recently retired Major Wilbraham is bored and unhappy so he answers Parker Pyne’s newspaper ad. Before long he embarks on a daring adventure to find treasure in the wilds of Africa.
