Rex Fortescue was enjoying his morning cup of tea when he met his untimely end.
Suspicions naturally turn to his wife. He was filthy rich, after all.
Then she too is found dead.
Strange clues have Scotland Yardโs finest minds scratching their heads. Poisoned marmalade. Dead blackbirds. A victim found with a pocketful of rye.
Itโs up to Jane Marple to put the pieces of this strange puzzle together...
Never underestimate Miss Marple
โCaptivating and addictive, Agatha Christie's work never fails to delight.โ
Jean Kwok
โThis is the best of the novels starring Christieโs Miss Marple.โ
New York Times
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.