The Murder at the Vicarage (eBook)

Original Classic 1930 Edition

Agatha Christie (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2026
270 Seiten
Maple Spring Publishing (Verlag)
979-8-3505-0191-9 (ISBN)

Infos

A furtive and bizarre murder in the vicarage of the quaint English town of St. Mary Mead has the authorities baffled. The victim is the disagreeable Colonel Protheroe, who is universally disliked.Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe, declares the the vicar, in whose study the colonel is found dead, would be doing the world at large a favour!Many others in the village have said that they would like to see the colonel dead, but a number of people have a more specific interest in his death: the colonels young wife, Anne; her lover, the artist Lawrence Redding; Archer, a local man given a harsh sentence by the colonel for poaching. Even the colonels daughter, Lettice, desperate for money, says, If only father would be decent and die, Id be all right.These complexities lead to any number of dead ends for local investigators. The only one able to see through the many blinds and obscurities is Miss Marple, an elderly but sharp-eyed spinster.In this, the first of sixteen Miss Marple novels and numerous short stories, Agatha Christie takes us through a maze of false leads and erroneous suppositions before the mystery is solved.Miss Jane Marple was introduced in a series of short stories that began publication in December 1927 and subsequently collected under the title The Thirteen Problems.The Murder at the Vicarage, first published in 1930, is one of Christies most popular books, displaying her genius as a master and innovator of the mystery genre.Christies books have sold a billion copies in English and another billion in translations. She has been ranked as the most translated of all individual authors. Her play The Mouse Trap has been performed almost continuously in Londons West End since 1952.Agatha Christie was born in Devonshire, England, in 1890, to an upper-middle-class family. Married twice, she had one daughter. For her achievements as a novelist, in 1971 she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). She died in 1976.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2026
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Schlagworte: thriller, suspense, murder mystery set in sleepy village, features beloved investigator Miss Marple, engaging, classic vintage murder mystery, early 20th century Britain
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3505-0191-9 / 9798350501919