Murder at the Vicarage

agatha christie

‘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 favour!’ 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 was 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.

Genres mysteryagatha christiefictionclassicscrimemystery thrilleraudiobookdetectivethrillercozy mystery

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1,1930

Series

Miss Marple

Places

st. mary mead england, england,

This edition

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Published: September 1, 2006 by Black Dog \u0026 Leventhal Publishers
ISBN: 9781579126254
ASIN: 1579126251
Language: English

Characters More characters

Inspector Slack

Slack is the senior officer in charge of many cases in which Miss Marple is featured. He has been described as a man who has never strived to contradict his name. Miss Marple described him as having the same personality as that of a diesel engine, noisy a...
Lawrence Redding

A young artist. My gosh, he was caught doing a portrait of Lettice as she posed in her bathing suit....
Leonard Clement

Len is the Vicar of St. Mary Mead. His wife is Griselda. The vicarage is next door to Miss Marples house.more...
Griselda Clement

The much younger wife of the Vicar. With an ear to the local gossip. She calls Miss Marple the worst cat in the village....
Colonel Protheroe

A pompous old brute! His first wife ran away. He enjoys making a fuss at any time....
Anne Protheroe

The Colonels second wife. She has a thing for Lawrence Redding the artist.more...

About the author

agatha christie

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサクリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)