The first Miss Marple mystery, one which tests all her powers of observation and deduction.

“Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,” declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint...

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The first Miss Marple mystery, one which tests all her powers of observation and deduction.

“Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,” declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, “would be doing the world at large a favor!”

It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later—when the Colonel is found shot dead in the clergyman’s study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.



  • Author: Christie, Agatha.
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
  • Pages: 304
  • Publication Date: 2011-04-12
  • Edition: Reprint
  • Binding: Paperback
  • MSRP: 12.99
  • ISBN13: 9780062073600
  • ISBN: 0062073605
  • Other ISBN: 9780061749919
  • Other ISBN Binding: print
  • Language: en
  • Store Location: Drama Paperback
  • "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."

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