{"product_id":"miss-marple-the-complete-short-stories-9780006499626","title":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt last - all 20 Miss Marple short stories in a single volume!  Jane Marple is from the village of St Mary Mead and applies her skills of observation and deduction to a wide variety of mysteries. Several of the supporting characters appear in many of these stories  including her nephew Raymond West  Dolly and Arthur Bantry of Gossington Hall  and Sir Henry Clithering formerly of Scotland Yard.  Miss Marple made her first appearance in a novel in 1930  with the twelfth and final one coming out shortly after Agatha Christies death almost 50 years later. Even prior to the first novel  and afterwards  Miss Marple was featured in 20 short stories. They were published in a number of different collections. But never before have they been available together.  In this complete volume  Miss Marple uses her unique insight to deduce the truth about a series of unsolved crimes - cases of a girl framed for theft  disappearing bloodstains  the cryptic last message of a poisoned man  a woman killed within days of writing her will  a spiritualist who predicts death  a mortally wounded stranger in a church  and a Christmas tragedy.  \"The plots are so good that one marvels... most of them would have made a full length thriller\" - Daily Mirror.  Librarians note: the stories are: 1. The Tuesday Night Club (1927)  2. The Idol House of Astarte (1928)  3. Ingots of Gold (1928)  4. The Bloodstained Pavement (1928)  5. Motive v. Opportunity (1928)  6. The Thumb Mark of St Peter (1928)  7. The Blue Geranium (1929)  8. The Companion (1930)  9. The Four Suspects (1930)  10. A Christmas Tragedy (1930)  11. The Herb of Death (1930)  12. The Affair at the Bungalow (1930)  13. Death by Drowning (1931)  14. Miss Marple Tells a Story (1935)  15. Strange Jest (1941)  16. Tape-Measure Murder (1941)  17. The Case of the Caretaker (1942)  18. The Case of the Perfect Maid (1942)  19. Sanctuary (1954)  and 20. Greenshaws Folly (1956).  Librarians note #2: this entry is for reviews of the collection of 20 stories. Each story also has its own entry on Goodreads. They can be found by looking for: a Miss Marple Short Story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45274363887669,"sku":"ByrdShop_0006499627","price":64.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780006499626.jpg?v=1780495295","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/miss-marple-the-complete-short-stories-9780006499626","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}