{"id":24633,"date":"2025-06-03T08:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24633"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:11:46","slug":"miss-marple-the-complete-short-stories-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24633","title":{"rendered":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories<\/em> (1985) Agatha Christie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MissThe Thirteen Problems<\/em> (1932)
\n1. The Tuesday Night Club (1927)
\n2. The Idol House of Astarte (1928)
\n3. Ingots of Gold (1928)
\n4. The Bloodstained Pavement (1928)
\n5. Motive v. Opportunity (1928)
\n6. The Thumbmark of St. Peter (1928)
\n7. The Blue Geranium (1929)
\n8. The Companion (1930)
\n9. The Four Suspects (1930)
\n10. A Christmas Tragedy (1930)
\n11. The Herb of Death (1930)
\n12. The Affair at the Bungalow (1930)
\n13. Death by Drowning (1932)<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Raymond West, Sir Henry Clithering, Dolly Bantry, Inspector Drewitt, Colonel Melchett, Joyce Lempri\u00e8re, Dr. Pender, Mr. Petherick, Colonel Bantry, Jane Helier, Miss Marple, Dr. Lloyd<\/p>\n

Characters in the stories<\/strong>: Miss Mary Barton, Miss Amy Durrant, Charles Templeton, Mrs. Gladys Sanders, Mr. Sanders, Sir Ambrose Bercy, Sylvia Keene, Maud Wye, Jerry Lorimer, Adelaide Carpenter, Sir Ambrose, Rose Emmott, Inspector Drewitt, Colonel Melchett, Doctor Haydock, Joe Ellis, Tom Emmott, Rex Sandford, Mrs. Bartlett<\/p>\n

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories<\/em> (1939)
\n“Miss Marple Tells a Story”
\nCharacters<\/strong>: Mr. Petherick, Mr. Rhodes, Mrs. Amy Rhodes, Sir Malcolm Olde, Mary Hill, Mrs. Granby, Miss Carruthers
\nThree Blind Mice and Other Stories<\/em> (1950)
\nStrange Jest (1944)
\nCharacters<\/strong>: Charmian Stroud, Edward Rossiter, Uncle Mathew
\nThe Tape-Measure Murder (1942)
\nCharacters<\/strong>: Police Constable Palk, Gladys Brent, Mrs. Spenlow, Mr. Spenlow, Miss Politt, Mr. Ted Gerard From Double Sin and Other Stories
\nThe Case of the Perfect Maid (1942)
\nCharacters<\/strong>: Edna, Gladys Holmes, Miss Lavinia Skinner, Miss Emily Skinner, Mary Higgins, Inspector Slack
\nThe Case of the Caretaker (1942)
\nDouble Sin and Other Stories<\/em> (1961)
\nSanctuary (1954)
\nCharacters<\/strong>: Dr. Griffiths, Sergeant Hayes, Police Constable Abel, Mr. Edwin Moss, Walter St. John
\nGreenshaw’s Folly (1957)
\nCharacters<\/strong>: Horace Bindler, Miss Katherine Dorothy Greenshaw, Lou Mrs. Louisa Oxley, Inspector Welch, Alfred Pollock, Inspector Craddock, Mrs. Cresswell, Nat Fletcher<\/p>\n

Publisher: William Morrow<\/p>\n

Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985) Agatha Christie The Thirteen Problems (1932) 1. The Tuesday Night Club (1927) 2. The Idol House of Astarte (1928) 3. Ingots of Gold (1928) 4. The Bloodstained Pavement (1928) 5. Motive v. Opportunity (1928) 6. The Thumbmark of St. Peter (1928) 7. The Blue Geranium (1929) 8. 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Did you hear what she said?\u2019 \u2018Very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Body in the Library","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Body-in-the-Library.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3454,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3454","url_meta":{"origin":24633,"position":3},"title":"The Body in the Library","author":"Michelle","date":"January 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Body in the Library (1942) Agatha Christie Colonel and Mrs. Bantry are quite shocked to discover a body in their library--a very young blonde body. The Colonel calls the police, but Mrs. Bantry knows better, and calls Miss Marple. 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