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A movie star A deadly cocktail A murder When glamorous Marina Gregg came to live in St Mary Mead, tongues were sure to wag. But, with a local gossip's sudden death, has one tongue wagged a bit too much? As the police chase false leads, and two more victims meet untimely ends, Miss Marple starts to ask her own questions. What secrets might link a peaceful English village and a star of the silver screen? Never underestimate Miss Marple 'Christie's ingenious plots and fiendish twists set the bar for all of us who follow in her footsteps.' Ruth Ware 'The pieces finally drop into place with a satisfying click.' Times Literary Supplement
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 189 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 1 foreign countries. She is the author of 8 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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