{"id":4902,"date":"2014-10-24T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T23:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:11:51","slug":"miss-marple-the-complete-short-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4902","title":{"rendered":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories<\/a><\/em> (2013) Agatha Christie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Miss-Marple-The-Complete-Short-Stories\"<\/a>From The Thirteen Problems<\/em> (1953)
\nThe Tuesday Night Club
\nThe Idol House of Astarte
\nIngots of Gold
\nThe Bloodstained Pavement
\nMotive v. Opportunity
\nThe Thumbmark of St. Peter
\nThe Blue Geranium
\nThe Companion
\nThe Four Suspects
\nA Christmas Tragedy
\nThe Herb of Death
\nThe Affair at the Bungalow
\nDeath by Drowning<\/p>\n

From The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories<\/em> (1939)
\nMiss Marple Tells a Story<\/p>\n

From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories<\/em> (1950)
\nStrange Jest
\nThe Case of the Perfect Maid
\nThe Case of the Caretaker
\nTape-Measure Murder<\/p>\n

From Double Sin and Other Stories<\/em> (1961)
\nGreenshaw\u2019s Folly
\nSanctuary<\/p>\n

I love Miss Marple. She\u2019s my absolute favorite Agatha Christie character, and these short stories are one of the reasons I came to love short stories so much. They\u2019re perfect little bites of story you can nibble on when you want something to read, but don\u2019t have the time to delve into a novel.<\/p>\n

This was pretty much the perfect collection for me, and I\u2019ll certainly come back to it again and again.
\nRating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Harper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (2013) Agatha Christie From The Thirteen Problems (1953) The Tuesday Night Club The Idol House of Astarte Ingots of Gold The Bloodstained Pavement Motive v. Opportunity The Thumbmark of St. Peter The Blue Geranium The Companion The Four Suspects A Christmas Tragedy The Herb of Death The Affair at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,18,30,668,190,33,8,41],"tags":[733,732,228,546,229,544,693,632,898],"class_list":["post-4902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10-10","category-anthology","category-british","category-comfort-read","category-cozy","category-historical","category-mystery","category-reread","tag-1950s","tag-1960s","tag-agatha-christie","tag-interwar-period","tag-miss-marple","tag-mm","tag-older-protagonist","tag-post-ww-ii","tag-ww-ii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1h4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12868,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12868","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":0},"title":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"May 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985) Agatha Christie (Miss Marple) These stories were published between 1927 and 1957. \"(S)o many people seem to me not to be either bad or good, but simply, you know, very silly.\u201d The Thirteen Problems (previously published as The Tuesday Club Murders) (1932) The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Miss Marple The Complete Short Stories","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Miss-Marple-The-Complete-Short-Stories.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24633,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24633","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":1},"title":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"June 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories (1985) Agatha Christie The Thirteen Problems (1932) 1. 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