num_pages: 230
description: The murder of Colonel Protheroe was a shock to everyone in St. Mary Mead, though hardly an unpleasant one. Even Vicar Clement had declared that killing the hated Protheroe would be a service to the world. Not only the vicar, but his young wife, the object of endless village gossip, could be considered suspects. And what about the faithless Mrs. Protheroe, or her lover, the young artist Lawrence Redding? The baffled police are even more astonished when a demure spinster, Miss Jane Marple, confidently announces her plan to capture the murderer—and blithely solves her first case.
language: English
title: The Murder at the Vicarage
titlecomplete: The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
characters: Mrs. LeStrange, Dr. Haydock, Leonard Clement, Dr. Stone, Inspector Slack, Sir Henry Clithering, Griselda Clement, Colonel Melchett, Lawrence Redding, Miss Marple, Raymond West, Dennis Clement, Hawes, Gladys Cram, Mary Hill, Lettice Protheroe, Anne Protheroe, Colonel Protheroe
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Cozy Mystery, Audiobook
ratings_count: 183383
places: St. Mary Mead, England, England
series: Miss Marple
publisher: Berkley Books