

‘The acknowledged queen of detective fiction. 'The Body in the Library' finds Marple aiding the brassy Dolly Bantry (Lumley) after the latter finds the body of an unknown woman in her library. ‘One of the most ingeniously contrived of all her murder stories.’ Birmingham Post Stephen Tompkinson (Ballykissangel) is very good as a police inspector who slowly develops admiration for Miss Marples keen mind.

‘Miss Marple is spry, shrewd and compassionate.’ Sunday Telegraph The 18 Marple books, novels and collections of short stories, would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple’s Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha Christie’s death. One of the most ingeniously contrived of all her murder stories. When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. Now with a beautiful new series look, the iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case. Miss Marple’s investigations uncover a scandal far darker than either of them could have imagined, and this time she may be out of her depth. The body in the library has been murdered and Miss Marple is so very good at solving murders. But she hasn’t called her old friend for comfort. They have no idea who she is and how she got there. The body of a young pretty girl, Ruby Keene, is found unexpectedly on the floor of the respectable old couple Mr. When Mrs Bantry wakes to find a body in her library, there’s only one woman to call: her good friend Jane Marple. The Body in the Library is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple and published in 1942. The production stars Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, along with Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice, and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's husband). 4.50 from Paddington, or What Mrs.The Body in the Library is Agatha Christie’s second Miss Marple mystery. Murder, she said is a 1961 comedy /murder mystery film directed by George Pollock, based on the 1957 novel 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie.They Do It with Mirrors, or Murder with Mirrors (1952).Many movies and television series have been made about her investigations.

She is one of the most famous characters of crime fiction and murder mystery.

Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective. She is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Miss Jane Marple is a British fictional character, that appeared in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories. The first of three omnibus collections of Miss Jane Marple novels containing 4/12ths of those in the series. Murder At The Vicarage In the English village of St Mary Mead, one man - Colonel Protheroe - is intensely disliked by everyone. Julie Cox (playing Miss Marple as a young woman.) Miss Marple is called by an old friend to help discover who strangled a young dancer in the library of Gossington Hall. Isabella Parriss (playing young Miss Marple)
