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picric acid crystal in the woods near the vicarage, rigging it to explode and create a "second gunshot" that would confuse any witnesses. In the evening, Redding placed the false call to
Clement to get him out of the house, while Anne walked past Miss Marple's home without a handbag in close-fitting clothing to show that she was not carrying a gun. She retrieved the pistol (which had been fitted with a silencer), killed her husband, and left the vicarage; Redding then entered, stole the note incriminating Hawes, and planted his own note falsifying the time of death.
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the church accounts. Clement is called away to a farm to visit a dying parishioner, but learns that the man has recovered, and that nobody actually asked for him. Upon returning home, Clement encounters a distressed
Redding at the gate to the vicarage, then discovers Colonel Protheroe dead at the writing desk in his study. He summons Dr Haydock, who pronounces that Protheroe was killed by a gunshot to the back of the head.
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house. News spreads quickly, and both
Lawrence Redding and Anne Protheroe confess to the murder. However, both are exonerated: Redding because he insists on an inaccurate time of death, and Anne because Miss Marple clearly saw that she was not carrying a pistol. Other suspects include Archer, a man treated harshly by Protheroe for
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Clement arrives at Hawes's rooms to find him dying from an overdose. He discovers the real note
Protheroe was writing when he was killed, which reveals that Hawes was responsible for stealing money from the church accounts. Melchett arrives and calls Dr Haydock, but the operator accidentally connects
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of 30 November 1930 begins, "The talented Miss
Christie is far from being at her best in her latest mystery story. It will add little to her eminence in the field of detective fiction." The review went on to say that, "the local sisterhood of spinsters is introduced with much gossip and click-clack.
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Both conspirators confessed to the crime with obvious falsehoods in their stories, appearing to exonerate each other. Redding drugged Hawes and planted the
Colonel's note to make it appear as though Hawes committed suicide out of guilt. Dr Haydock saves the life of Hawes. Miss Marple proposes a trap
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of 6 November 1930 posed the various questions as to who could have killed
Protheroe and why, and concluded, "As a detective story, the only fault of this one is that it is hard to believe the culprit could kill Prothero so quickly and quietly. The three plans of the room, garden, and village show
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The ending wraps up all loose ends. Lettice reveals that Mrs
Lestrange is her mother, Colonel Protheroe's first wife, who is terminally ill; Lettice destroyed the portrait of Lestrange in Protheroe's house so the police would not suspect her. The two depart so that Lestrange can spend her last days
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of 12 December 1930, said that, "here is a straightforward story which very pleasantly draws a number of red herrings across the docile reader's path. There is a distinct originality in her new expedient for keeping the secret. She discloses it at the outset, turns it inside out, apparently proves
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Miss Marple believes the true killers to be
Lawrence Redding and Anne Protheroe. In love with Anne, Redding decided they could be together only if he removed her husband. On the pretext of seeking advice from Clement, he left his pistol in a potted plant holder at the vicarage. He then planted the
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One day Clement encounters Protheroe's wife, Anne, embracing Lawrence Redding, a young visiting artist; while promising them that he will not reveal their affair, he advises Redding to leave the village at once. The next day, Clement is scheduled to meet with Protheroe to go over irregularities in
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While Haydock takes Hawes to a hospital, Miss Marple explains her theory about the true murderer. Her seven suspects are revealed to be Archer; Mary, the Clements' maid, who had the opportunity; Lettice Protheroe, the Colonel's daughter, who could not stand him; Dennis, whose alibi about a tennis
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Reporters descend on the village as other strange occurrences take place. Mrs Price Ridley receives a threatening phone call, and Anne Protheroe discovers a portrait in a spare room slashed to pieces with a knife. A police handwriting expert examines the victim's note and determines that Colonel
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as Anne. This version eliminates the characters of Dr Stone and Gladys Cram, replacing them with the elderly French professor Dufosse and his granddaughter Hélène. Other changes include the elimination of Miss Weatherby, the changing of Mrs Price-Ridley's first name from Martha to Marjorie, the
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wrote sixty years later that the novel is "Our first glimpse of St Mary Mead, a hotbed of burglary, impersonation, adultery and ultimately murder. What is it precisely that people find so cosy about such stories?" He found the resolution a bit hard to believe, yet the story is more appealing to
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The police, led by Colonel Melchett and Inspector Slack, are confounded by several details, including a note left by Protheroe that seems to conflict with Haydock's opinion of the time of death, and some witnesses claiming to have heard a shot out in the woods, but no gunshot near or within the
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readers of 1990 than to those in 1930. "The solution boggles the mind somewhat, but there are too many incidental pleasures to complain, and the strong dose of vinegar in this first sketch of Miss Marple is more to modern taste than the touch of syrup in later presentations."
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A bit of this goes a long way and the average reader is apt to grow weary of it all, particularly of the amiable Miss Marple, who is sleuth-in-chief of the affair." The reviewer summarised the set-up of the plot and concluded, "The solution is a distinct anti-climax."
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travelling the world. Miss Cram is revealed to have known nothing about the false Dr Stone's plot, and Griselda and Dennis confess to having threatened Mrs Price Ridley as a practical joke. Griselda reveals that she is pregnant, which Miss Marple deduced.
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party failed to hold up; either Hawes or Clement, to prevent the Colonel from investigating the church accounts; or Griselda, who is revealed to have returned on an earlier train the day of the murder. However, none of them are guilty.
585:, which led to the death of an agent. Two major departures from the book are the portrayal of Miss Marple as Anne's close friend and the addition of a series of flashbacks to December 1915, when a younger Miss Marple (played by
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Miss Marple tells Clement she has a list of seven possible suspects in mind. Miss Marple sees Miss Cram carrying a suitcase into the woods at midnight, which Clement later finds, along with a small crystal of
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Mary Adams: the vicar's housemaid and cook. She is going out with Bill Archer.
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Lettice Protheroe: Colonel Protheroe's daughter from his first marriage.
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661:). This was translated from the edition first published in France by
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831:"American Tribute to Agatha Christie: The Classic Years 1930 – 1934"
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Dennis Clement: the vicar's teenage nephew, part of his household.
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Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie (March 1999).
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Gladys Cram: Dr Stone's secretary, in her early twenties.
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later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven
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A Talent to Deceive – an appreciation of Agatha Christie
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The character of Miss Marple had previously appeared in
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him to Miss Marple, who arrives to see if she can help.
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The story was adapted into a play by Moie Charles and
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Colonel Melchett: the Chief Constable for the county.
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Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
762:(1919–2004), the daughter of her first marriage, to
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183:It is the first novel to feature the character of
2755:Works originally published in the Chicago Tribune
2259:The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
428:review declared: "Bafflement is well sustained."
329:Miss Amanda Hartnell: a spinster in St Mary Mead.
739:The novel was first serialised in the US in the
44:Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
2308:Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
1284:Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
509:on 16 December 1949. Miss Marple was played by
790:(second ed.). Dragonby Press. p. 14.
338:Lawrence Redding: a painter who fought in the
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513:, who at the time was only 35 years of age.
335:Dr Haydock: a doctor living in St Mary Mead.
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917:O'Neill, H C (12 December 1930). "Review".
460:(1942), along with Slack and Melchett, and
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366:Dr Stone: an archaeologist carrying out a
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2315:Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories
1031:Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (2004)
803:Detective Fiction – the collector's guide
688:, paperback, (Penguin number 686), 255 pp
546:It was presented again in the ITV series
198:The character had previously appeared in
27:1930 Miss Marple novel by Agatha Christie
252:, who says he has something to confess.
2329:While the Light Lasts and Other Stories
1008:at the official Agatha Christie website
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438:Christie herself later wrote: "Reading
2280:The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
1268:The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
2750:Novels first published in serial form
603:Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie
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2023:The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1458:Agatha Christie's fictional universe
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2584:Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
378:Literary significance and reception
164:, first published in the UK by the
2553:Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
2266:Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
1453:Tropes in Agatha Christie's novels
1260:Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
614:The book was adapted for radio by
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2720:British novels adapted into films
2294:The Golden Ball and Other Stories
1014:The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
977:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
753:The dedication of the book reads:
626:as the Rev. Leonard Clement, and
168:in October 1930 and in the US by
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801:Cooper, John; Pyke, B A (1994).
698:1961, Fontana Books (imprint of
323:prior to coming to St Mary Mead.
2616:Agatha and the Midnight Murders
2273:The Under Dog and Other Stories
1659:The Mysterious Affair at Styles
906:. 30 November 1930. p. 32.
889:. 6 November 1930. p. 921.
2608:Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
2600:Agatha and the Truth of Murder
960:. 15 October 1930. p. 20.
903:The New York Times Book Review
394:The New York Times Book Review
180:and the US edition at $ 2.00.
109:256 (first edition, hardcover)
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2735:First-person narrative novels
2671:Agatha Christie Award (Japan)
2546:The Mousetrap and Other Plays
1708:The Mystery of the Blue Train
937:(16 October 1930). "Review".
886:The Times Literary Supplement
695:(New York), paperback, 223 pp
505:in 1949, which opened at the
489:Murder at the Vicarage (play)
384:The Times Literary Supplement
2287:Double Sin and Other Stories
2065:By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1750:Murder on the Orient Express
1576:Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
1276:Double Sin and Other Stories
370:on Colonel Protheroe's land.
2389:Witness for the Prosecution
1694:The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
665:in 2005 under the title of
391:The review of the novel in
33:The Murder at the Vicarage
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2518:Come, Tell Me How You Live
1820:Hercule Poirot's Christmas
1757:Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1722:The Murder at the Vicarage
1596:Chief Inspector James Japp
1581:Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent
1427:Agathe kann's nicht lassen
1135:The Murder at the Vicarage
1006:The Murder at the Vicarage
643:The Murder at the Vicarage
568:as Colonel Protheroe, and
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483:Adaptations to other media
153:The Murder at the Vicarage
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2155:The Rose and the Yew Tree
1680:The Man in the Brown Suit
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450:Allusions in other novels
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2740:Fiction about mariticide
2730:Collins Crime Club books
2592:The Unicorn and the Wasp
2570:Agatha Christie Memorial
2354:And Then There Were None
2231:Parker Pyne Investigates
1848:One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
1834:And Then There Were None
1415:Agatha Christie's Marple
980:. Berkley. p. 422.
854:Barnard, Robert (1990).
829:Marcum, J S (May 2007).
663:Emmanuel Proust éditions
638:Graphic novel adaptation
575:double-barrelled shotgun
549:Agatha Christie's Marple
2486:Butter in a Lordly Dish
2252:The Labours of Hercules
2162:A Daughter's a Daughter
1953:They Do It with Mirrors
1869:The Body in the Library
1715:The Seven Dials Mystery
1673:The Murder on the Links
1591:Captain Arthur Hastings
1398:The Body in the Library
1167:They Do It with Mirrors
1143:The Body in the Library
457:The Body in the Library
321:Encephalitis lethargica
291:: a spinster living in
139:The Body in the Library
2361:Appointment with Death
2224:The Listerdale Mystery
2203:The Mysterious Mr Quin
2093:Elephants Can Remember
2079:Passenger to Frankfurt
1897:Death Comes as the End
1813:Appointment with Death
1687:The Secret of Chimneys
1472:Murder at the Vicarage
1366:Television adaptations
517:Television adaptations
495:Murder at the Vicarage
440:Murder at the Vicarage
170:Dodd, Mead and Company
18:Murder at the Vicarage
2715:Novels about adultery
2322:The Harlequin Tea Set
2210:The Thirteen Problems
2009:Cat Among the Pigeons
1932:A Murder Is Announced
1785:Murder in Mesopotamia
1729:The Sittaford Mystery
1571:Superintendent Battle
1244:The Thirteen Problems
1159:A Murder Is Announced
1089:Characters and places
476:The Thirteen Problems
205:The Thirteen Problems
132:The Sittaford Mystery
2417:The Unexpected Guest
2301:Poirot's Early Cases
2148:Absent in the Spring
1995:4.50 from Paddington
1981:Hickory Dickory Dock
1967:A Pocket Full of Rye
1939:They Came to Baghdad
1666:The Secret Adversary
1586:Sir Henry Clithering
1339:The Alphabet Murders
1315:Murder at the Gallop
1183:4.50 from Paddington
1175:A Pocket Full of Rye
1106:Sir Henry Clithering
858:(revised ed.).
702:), paperback, 191 pp
463:4.50 from Paddington
417:of 16 October 1930,
2710:1930 British novels
2525:Star Over Bethlehem
2245:The Regatta Mystery
2189:Poirot Investigates
2141:Unfinished Portrait
2037:A Caribbean Mystery
2002:Ordeal by Innocence
1974:Destination Unknown
1771:Death in the Clouds
1382:Murder with Mirrors
1374:A Caribbean Mystery
1252:The Regatta Mystery
1199:A Caribbean Mystery
673:Publication history
667:L'Affaire Prothéroe
522:British adaptations
187:and her village of
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2745:Miss Marple novels
2511:The Road of Dreams
2424:Go Back for Murder
2368:Murder on the Nile
2238:Murder in the Mews
2217:The Hound of Death
2044:At Bertram's Hotel
1946:Mrs McGinty's Dead
1918:Taken at the Flood
1855:Evil Under the Sun
1792:Cards on the Table
1778:The A.B.C. Murders
1736:Peril at End House
1347:The Mirror Crack'd
1207:At Bertram's Hotel
764:Archibald Christie
554:Granada Television
538:as the vicar, and
166:Collins Crime Club
160:by British writer
82:Collins Crime Club
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2654:Ashfield, Torquay
2595:(2008 TV episode)
2196:Partners in Crime
1960:After the Funeral
1904:Sparkling Cyanide
1883:The Moving Finger
1806:Death on the Nile
1764:Three Act Tragedy
1743:Lord Edgware Dies
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1151:The Moving Finger
935:Nicholson, Harold
596:French adaptation
583:French Resistance
507:Playhouse Theatre
158:detective fiction
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98:Publication place
16:(Redirected from
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2650:(second husband)
2624:See How They Run
2587:(2004 docudrama)
2539:An Autobiography
2479:Three Blind Mice
2457:television plays
2072:Hallowe'en Party
1988:Dead Man's Folly
1876:Five Little Pigs
1601:Miss Jane Marple
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