A shocking crimeA mansion filled with suspectsA shocking crimeA mansion filled with suspectsRuth Van Rydock can’t shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen to her sister at Stonygates house.Her old school friend Jane Marple decides it’s time to pay a visit.But this grand Victorian mansion isn’t just a family home – it’s also a correctional facility for wayward young men.And when something terrible does indeed happen, Miss Marple must face her most eccentric cast of suspects yet.Never underestimate Miss Marple‘If a genius is someone who leaves the field they work in totally different from how they found it, then we should certainly remember Agatha Christie as a genius.’Stephen Fry‘No one on either side of the Atlantic does it better.’New York Times‘Without a doubt, the greatest mystery writer of all time’ – Ragnar Jonasson‘A hundred years after her first novel, and we are all still standing in her shadow’ – Andrew Taylor‘She gives us an insight into human nature that few, if any, have surpassed’ – Susan Lewis‘Dame Agatha has sold more books than all besides Shakespeare and the Bible’ – David Baldacci‘All crime fiction writers around the globe owe Agatha Christie a massive debt’ – Peter James‘Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.’ – Tana FrenchAgatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.• Designed to follow the new series of Miss Marple books which have been stylishly reset and repackaged, to bring them to a more contemporary readership• Market research shows that two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again• Complete and UnabridgedCompetition: death on the nile;the;body in the library;at bertram’s hotel;nemesis;thursday murder club;tuesday club murders;midwinter murder;marple: twelve new stories. by;sophie hannah;val mcdermid;richard osman;kate mosse;dreda say mitchell;lucy foley;elly griffiths;jean kwok;natalie haynes;karen mcmanus
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