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A Caribbean Mystery

Agatha Christie

Part of the Miss Marple series

  • 224 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1964
  • 107 editions
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1 About this book

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story...

Good for readers who want: a mystery and a thriller.

  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Murder
  • Thrillers
  • Women detectives
  • Caribbean area
  • Mystery & detective, women sleuths
  • Women private investigators

2 About Agatha Christie

1890–1976

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan (née Miller, 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot (with the novel debut being The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920), Tommy and Tuppence (with the novel debut being The Secret…

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