Cover of Miss Marple's Final Cases

Book 2004

Miss Marple's Final Cases

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Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Published
2004
  • Fiction
  • Women detectives
  • Older women
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Inspectrices de police
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Femmes âgées
  • England, fiction

E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Miss Marple's Final Cases;2) "The Marples": the complete guide to all the cases of crime literature's foremost female detective.Despite the title, the stories collected here recount cases from the middle of Misss Marple’s career. They are: ‘Sanctuary’; ‘Strange Jest’; ‘Tape-Measure Murder’; ‘The Case of the Caretaker’; ‘The Case of the Perfect Maid’; ‘Miss Marple Tells a Story’; ‘The Dressmaker’s Doll’; ‘In a Glass Darkly’; ‘Greenshaw’s Folly.’The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts): ‘When it all becomes clear as day, the reader can only say, “Now why didn’t I think of that?” But he never does. Mrs Christie at her best.’