Agatha Christie: Miss Marple 3-Book Collection 1: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, The Moving Finger

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Murder At The Vicarage first published in Great Britain by Collins 1930

The Body In The Library first published in Great Britain by Collins 1942

The Moving Finger first published in Great Britain by Collins 1943

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright

The Murder at the Vicarage

The Body in the Library

The Moving Finger

Keep Reading

About Agatha Christie

The Agatha Christie Collection

www.agathachristie.com

About the Publisher

The Murder at the Vicarage The Murder at the Vicarage The Body in the Library The Moving Finger Keep Reading About Agatha Christie The Agatha Christie Collection www.agathachristie.com About the Publisher

To Rosalind

Contents

Cover

Title Page To Rosalind

Chapter 1

It is difficult to know quite where to begin this…

Chapter 2

Griselda is a very irritating woman. On leaving the luncheon…

Chapter 3 ‘Nasty old cat,’ said Griselda, as soon as the door…

Chapter 4 I had entirely forgotten that we had asked Lawrence Redding…

Chapter 5 It was nearer seven than half-past six when I…

Chapter 6 We puzzled over the business of the clock for some…

Chapter 7 Colonel Melchett is a dapper little man with a habit…

Chapter 8 We were rather silent on our way down to the…

Chapter 9 After leaving a message at the police station, the Chief…

Chapter 10 His remarks on the subject of Miss Marple as we…

Chapter 11 I saw at a glance that Colonel Melchett and Inspector…

Chapter 12 I was summoned to the study when Lawrence Redding arrived.

Chapter 13 I hardly thought it likely that Mrs Price Ridley had…

Chapter 14 On my way home, I ran into Miss Hartnell and…

Chapter 15 Hawes’s appearance distressed me very much. His hands were shaking…

Chapter 16 As I went out I ran into Haydock on the…

Chapter 17 Inspector Slack came round to see me the following morning.

Chapter 18 The inquest was held that afternoon (Saturday) at two o’clock…

Chapter 19 ‘Very glad to have met you,’ said Lawrence. ‘Come to…

Chapter 20 When I got back to the Vicarage I found that…

Chapter 21 I cannot say that I have at any time had…

Chapter 22 Inspector Slack’s orders, once I had got him on the…

Chapter 23 On the way back, I proposed to Griselda that we…

Chapter 24 I returned to the Vicarage to find Hawes waiting for…

Chapter 25 I found it hard to shake off the impression left…

Chapter 26 I was in a strange mood when I mounted the…

Chapter 27 Griselda and Dennis had not yet returned. I realized that…

Chapter 28 I hurried down the village street. It was eleven o’clock,…

Chapter 29 I don’t know how long I sat there—only a…

Chapter 30 We stared at her. I really think that for a…

Chapter 31 Colonel Melchett and I both stared at her.

Chapter 32 There is little more to be told. Miss Marple’s plan…

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