A Caribbean Mystery - (Miss Marple Mysteries) by Agatha Christie (Paperback)

About the Book

"Published by permission of G.P. Putnam's Sons"--T.p. verso.

Book Synopsis

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the delightful Miss Marple is ensnared in A Caribbean Mystery when a retired military man sparks her curiosity with a photograph and a strange story of a murderer.

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened.

Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a murderer he had known. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintance, the Major was suddenly interrupted. A diversion that was to prove fatal.

From the Back Cover

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened.

Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a murderer he had known. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintance, the Major was suddenly interrupted. A diversion that was to prove fatal.

Review Quotes

"Jane Marple has an uncanny combination of elderly gentility and bedrock cynicism about human foibles learned by observing the mundane in everyday village life." -- Mary Daheim, USA Today bestselling author of the Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries

"Throws off the false clues and misleading events as only a master of the art can do." -- New York Times

"Liveliness....Infectious zest....As good as anything Miss Christie has done." -- The Observer