A Murder Is Announced

By Agatha Christie,

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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…

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A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30. It’s impossible to talk about British crime without mentioning the queen of crime herself: Agatha Christie. My own personal favorite is Miss Marple, the unimposing old lady who solves crimes by noticing parallels to the people she knows in St Mary Mead.

If you love cozy English villagers, you will love the opening of this book, which follows several different villagers as they read the local paper and a mysterious ad that invites them all to witness a murder at Little Paddock. Fortunately,…

A motley assortment of people in a small town descends on a home, believing they're invited to arrive to play a "murder game." The surprised hostess does her best to accommodate her unexpected guests... until the lights go off and an actual murder occurs. Miss Marple, our sleuth, is at her finest. This story was one of Christie's favorites.

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