Synopsis
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m.' Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the pointed time when, without warning, the lights go out ...
About Agatha Christie
See more books from this AuthorAfter a curious newspaper notice announces an upcoming murder in the quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn, a host of nosy neighbors turn up at Little Paddocks just as shots ring out and a dead body is d
Jun 28 2010 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...James Saxon delivers a memorable and absolutely masterful performance of Christie's first Miss Marple mystery.
| Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...After a curious newspaper notice announces an upcoming murder in the quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn, a host of nosy neighbors turn up at Little Paddocks just as shots ring out and a dead body is discovered.
Jun 28 2010 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...Surely the characters of Agatha Christie novels have learnt by now that the moment Miss Marple hoves into view, it’s time to get out of Dodge?
Mar 16 2012 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...Rather than the murder just occurring, in A Murder is Announced, the murder is, well, announced.
Jul 02 2010 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...Living with Letitia at Little Paddocks are two of her young cousins, a longtime friend, a widowed boarder and the household cook, all of whom seem surprised to read in the local newspaper that their home will be the scene of a murder at 6:30 that very evening.
May 15 2012 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...In the style of Agatha Christie herself, the 125th anniversary celebration of her birth will be commemorated with two things the author may have loved most: food and poison.
Jun 15 2015 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...I keep saying that I don’t think I’ll ever find a book as atmospheric and as flawless and well-plotted as And Then There Were None, which I literally read in one sitting, holding the book with shaking fingers (no, I’m not exaggerating here), but A Murder is Announced is no doubt my favourite Marp...
Mar 13 2013 | Read Full Review of A Murder is Announced: A Miss...An aggregated and normalized score based on 231 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes