Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Set #2

The Moving Finger

A rash of poison pen letters has been causing quite a stir in the quant village of Lymston. So much so that Maud Calthrop, the vicar's wife, calls in her old friend Miss Marple for help. Miss Marple quickly discovers that Lymston has a wealth of potentially cranky correspondents. When the solicitor's wife turns up dead with one of the letters and a suicide note, our heroine's suspicions are aroused. A second death is unmistakeably murder, and still the ominous letters keep coming. It seems only Miss Marple can uncover the true identity of The Moving Finger.


At Bertram's Hotel

London's Bertram's Hotel is a well-polished retreat where dowager duchesses, retired clergyman, and aging generals can indulge in the comforts of a bygone era. But it's just a little too proper for guest Miss Marple - she feels something sinister lurks beneath the hotel's genteel veneer. And rightly so! Society beauty bess Sedgwick, known for her appetite for adventure and men, has registered at the very same time as a certain woman who happens to be her greatest rival - her daughter. When the Irish doorman turns up dead, Miss Marple launches her investigation and the hotel's respectable façade begins to crumble.


Murder at the Vicarage

Murder at the Vicarage begins with foul language and foul play. In the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple overhears the mild mannered Reverend Clement swearing in anger about the most unpopular Colonel Lucius Protheroe. Throughout the day, Miss Marple learns that certain other villlagers have reason to hate the Colonel, so that when his body is found the next day, there is no shortage of suspects. To complicate matters, some villagers have alibis, some confessions. It will take all of Miss Marple's intuitive powers to separate the killer from the pretenders.


Nemesis

In Nemesis, not only does Miss Marple have to solve a crime, but she has to discover what it is. It begins with a cryptic letter from a recently deceased friend asking her to right an injustice, but giving no details - no who, what, when or where. Her only starting point is a ticket for a bus tour of historic homes. In true Agatha Christie fashion, not all of the passengers are on the tour by chance. And when one of them ends up dead, Miss Marple is drawn into circumstances which grow ever more strange and sinister.


They Do It With Mirrors

Why is Miss Marple's friend, Carrie-Louise Serrocold, being systematically poisoned? Miss Marple's trip to Stonygates, the rambling country mansion owned by Carrie-Louise and her third husband, Lewis, might shed some light on the mystery. Then again, it might add more intrigue to an already bizarre scenario involving an extended family and a reformatory for young criminals where violence seems just below the surface. When shots are fired in a darkened room and the victim turns up elsewhere, Miss Marple deduces the identity of the killer, but not how it was done - until she discovers the secret hobby of a trusted cohort.