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A Murder Is Announced

Agatha Christie

Part of the Miss Marple series

  • 256 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1950
  • 127 editions
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1 About this book

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m.' Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the ppointed time when, without warning, the lights go out . . .

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

  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Murder
  • Thrillers
  • Women detectives in fiction
  • Women detectives
  • Mystery & detective, women sleuths
  • Mystery & detective, traditional

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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