Miss Marple

Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character created by <a href="/c/books/credit/25666/Agatha-Christie/">Agatha Christie</a>. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who acts as an amateur detective, and lives in the village of St. Mary Mead. Novels featuring Miss Marple: • <a href="/c/books/book/414619/the-murder-at-the-vicarage/">The Murder at the Vicarage</a> (1930) • <a href="/c/books/book/414642/the-body-in-the-library/">The Body in the Library</a> (1942) • <a href="/c/books/book/414644/the-moving-finger/">The Moving Finger</a> (1943) • <a href="/c/books/book/414662/a-murder-is-announced/">A Murder is Announced</a> (1950) • <a href="/c/books/book/415393/they-do-it-with-mirrors/">They Do It with Mirrors</a> (UK) / Murder with Mirrors (USA) (1952) • <a href="/c/books/book/415415/a-pocket-full-of-rye/">A Pocket Full of Rye</a> (1953) • <a href="/c/books/book/415434/4-50-from-paddington/">4.50 from Paddington</a> (UK) / What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! (USA) (1957) • <a href="/c/books/book/415421/the-mirror-crackd-from-side-to-side/">The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side</a> (UK) / The Mirror Crack'd (USA) (1962) • <a href="/c/books/book/415414/a-caribbean-mystery/">A Caribbean Mystery</a> (1964) • <a href="/c/books/book/415416/at-bertrams-hotel/">At Bertram's Hotel</a> (1965) • <a href="/c/books/book/415423/nemesis/">Nemesis</a> (1971) • <a href="/c/books/book/415426/sleeping-murder-miss-marples-last-case/">Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case</a> (written around 1940, published 1976) Miss Marple short story collections • <a href="/c/books/book/444698/the-thirteen-problems/">The Thirteen Problems</a> (1932 short story collection featuring Miss Marple, also published as The Tuesday Club Murders) • <a href="/c/books/book/415422/miss-marples-final-cases-and-two-other-stories/">Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories</a> (short stories collected posthumously, also published as Miss Marple's Final Cases, but only six of the eight stories actually feature Miss Marple) (written between 1939 and 1954, published 1979) • Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories, published 1985, includes 20 from 4 sets: <a href="/c/books/book/444698/the-thirteen-problems/">The Thirteen Problems</a>, <a href="/c/books/book/415425/the-regatta-mystery-and-other-stories/">The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories</a> (1939), <a href="/c/books/book/444709/three-blind-mice-and-other-stories/">Three Blind Mice and Other Stories</a> (1950), and <a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/466175-double-sin-and-other-stories">Double Sin and Other Stories</a> (1961). Miss Marple also appears in: • "<a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/446776-greenshaws-folly">Greenshaw's Folly</a>", a short story traditionally included as part of the Poirot collection <a href="/c/books/book/415424/the-adventure-of-the-christmas-pudding-and-a-selection-of-entrees/">The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées</a> (1960). • Four stories in the <a href="/c/books/book/444709/three-blind-mice-and-other-stories/">Three Blind Mice and Other Stories</a> (1950) feature Miss Marple: "<a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/467704-strange-jest">Strange Jest</a>", "<a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/467708-tape-measure-murder">Tape-Measure Murder</a>", "<a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/467714-the-case-of-the-caretaker">The Case of the Caretaker</a>", and "<a href="/c/books/book/446186/the-case-of-the-perfect-maid/">The Case of the Perfect Maid</a>". • The Autograph edition of Miss Marple's Final Cases (aka <a href="/c/books/book/415422/miss-marples-final-cases-and-two-other-stories/">Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories</a>) includes the eight in the original plus "<a href="https://www.bookogs.com/work/446776-greenshaws-folly">Greenshaw's Folly</a>".