A Miss Marple Quartet is an omnibus edition of Agatha Christie works published by Collins in 1980. It features four Miss Marple novels: The Body in the Library, A Pocket Full of Rye, A Murder is Announced, and The Moving Finger. The book is available in hardcover only. Another omnibus with the same title was published by Guild Publishing by arrangement with Collins in 1987 with reprints in 1988 and 1989. This had the same content and may be considered a further edition of the same book.
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Miss Jane Marple is one of Agatha Christie's most brilliant creations. No crime is too complex, no mystery too devious for her prodigious skills-which she takes great care to conceal behind the appearance of an eccentric, elderly spinster. Four of the most brilliant Miss Marple stories are brought together in one volume for the first time.
Body in the Library: When Colonel Bantry opened the door to their neighbour Miss Marple, he thought she had come to comfort his wife. They had just found the body of a beautiful young woman in their library. But Mrs Bantry knew better....
A Pocket Full of Rye: The maid was found dead - with a clothes peg clipped to her nose. Her employers, Rex Fortescue and his wife, had also died in strange circumstances. What is the connection between the murders and why does it remind Miss Marple of the old nursery rhyme about blackbirds?
A Murder is Announced:The announcement in the local newspaper was, of course, ajoke. It said that a murder would take place on Friday 29th October at Little Paddocks, at 6.30 p.m. Miss Blacklock, who livedthere, thought it in very bad taste, as did allher friends. But they took it seriously enough to make sure. A baffling crime, needing all Miss Marple's ingenuity to solve it.
The Moving Finger: The sleepy village of Lymstock seemed an ideal place for convalescence, or so Jerry Burton, recovering from a bad accident, thought. But the undercurrent in that backwater was swift and dangerous A porson pen was at work--disquieting enough in itself, until somebody died.
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