When Colonel Protheroe is found dead from a single gun shot wound to the head, none of his neighbors in the village of St. Mary Mead is much surprised. So many people wished this local official would say farewell, if not quite so permanently. With suspects abound and the local police symied it is up to Miss Jane Marple to root out the killer.

"For the first time in forty-five years, Agatha Christie's legendary sleuth Jane Marple returns to solve twelve baffling cases penned by a host of acclaimed authors skilled in the fine art of mystery and murder. In St. Mary Mead, a Christmas dinner is interrupted by unexpected guests; the Broadway stage in New York City is set for a dangerous improvisation; bad omens surround an untimely death aboard a cruise ship to Hong Kong; and a bestselling writer...

A child's nursery rhyme holds three clues to finding a cunning killer when a well-to-do household becomes infested with murder Inspector Needle isn't doing very well with his poison case at Yewtree Lodge. But when Miss Marple comes to the Lodge, angry at the murder of her former maid, the guilty one soon becomes apparent

A collection of twenty stories in one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal.

The London police trace a series of thefts to Bertram's Hotel while Miss Marple is there on vacation. Abduction, train robbery, and the murder of the doorman all confuse the authorities, but Miss Marple deduces the truth to solve the crime.