Black Widow: Anne Protheroe murders her husband at the instigation of her lover.Babies Ever After: At the end of the story Griselda reveals to Clement that she's pregnant.Despite this, they are Happily Married, to the point that when Leonard thinks that Miss Marple is suggesting that Griselda is unfaithful, he immediately leapt to her defense. Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: At the start of the novel, Len's so irritated with Griselda, he contemplates writing to the archbishop that the Church should bring back celibacy into the clergy.All Love Is Unrequited: Dennis is infatuated with Lettice, who's in love with Lawrence Redding, who's in love with her stepmother, who's married to Lettice's father.He's a talented artist, a good shot, excellent at games, has charming personality, can tell a good story. The Ace: Lawrence Redding, a handsome young man who apparently "does everything well".WARNING: Heavy unconcealed spoilers ahead.
There is also a 1949 play with Barbara Mullen and a graphic novel released by Harper Collins in 2008.Ĭhristie dedicated the book to her daughter and only child, Rosalind Hinks. It was adapted by BBC in 1986 with Joan Hickson in the role of Miss Marple and again by ITV in 2004 with Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple. The book is narrated in first person by the vicar, Leonard Clement.
It's up to Miss Marple to make sense of this story and find out who really did it. His unfaithful wife and her artist lover both confess to the murder, to the great confusion of Inspector Slack. Then, Protheroe is found murdered in the vicar's study. His daughter wishes he would do a good thing and die, and even the vicar observes that killing him would be a service to the townsfolk. Everyone, that is, except Colonel Protheroe, the most disliked man in the village.
In the aforementioned St Mary Mead, there is a general climate of harmony and good-will and everyone gets along. She is Christie's second most famous but personal favorite detective. She is notable for her ability to draw parallels between murder mysteries and ordinary village incidents. This is the first novel (but not the first story) to feature Miss Marple, the harmless old lady who lives at the idyllic village of St Mary Mead and just happens to constantly bump into murders.
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