The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple Series #1)

by Agatha Christie, Lucy Foley (Foreword by)

Overview

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery comes the first Miss Marple mystery wherein a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide—now with a stunning new look and special foreword by Lucy Foley.

Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.

Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone—even in the vicar—wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063440012
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/30/2025
Series:	Miss Marple Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Lucy Foley studied English Literature at Durham University and University College London and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry. She is the author of seven novels, including The Midnight Feast, The Paris Apartment, The Guest List, and The Hunting Party. She lives in England. 

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

What People are Saying About This

Charles Todd

“Agatha Christie taught me two things: that plotting mysteries was an art, and that a woman detective could be as strong a character as a male detective.”

Editorial Reviews

“Agatha Christie taught me two things: that plotting mysteries was an art, and that a woman detective could be as strong a character as a male detective.” - Charles Todd, New York Times bestselling author of the Ian Rutledge mysteries and Bess Crawford mysteries
"The Murder at the Vicarage was my gateway drug into crime fiction at the age of nine and I've never regretted the addiction!" - Val McDermid, award-winning author of the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series
“When she really hits her stride, as she does here, Agatha Christie is hard to surpass.” - Saturday Review of Literature

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