A Murder is Announced
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.” A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive...
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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.” A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062073631 (006207363X)
ASIN: 006207363X
Publish date: April 12th 2011
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Miss Marple (#5)
Book: A Murder is Announced Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Fiction/Mystery Summary: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m." A childish practical j...
Maybe I should start re-reading certain books that I didn´t seem to like the first time around. I end up loving some of them on my second read. The mystery was an intriguing one, I liked the small-town setting and the cast of weird villagers and even though I still knew the identity of the murdere...
What a great look at the Miss Marple series. This one has an interesting cast of characters, Miss Marple showing everyone up, and references to characters that many in the series should know by now, such as Sir Henry Clithering. Due to Miss Marple's connection to Sir Henry and just being around the ...
"A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends accept this, the only intimation." Little Paddocks is set in a typical village in the English countryside, where people enjoy the quiet life, away from the hustle and bustle of bigger towns...
Synopsis The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Miss Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm'. Is this just a childish prank, or something a lot more ...
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