num_pages: 320
description: It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.
language: English
title: The Body in the Library
titlecomplete: The Body in the Library
characters: Mark Gaskell, Inspector Slack, Ruby Keene, Dolly Bantry, Adelaide Jefferson, Josie Turner, Pamela Reeves, Conway Jefferson, Miss Marple, Raymond Starr, George Bartlett, Arthur Bantry, Basil Blake
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Audiobook
ratings_count: 100740
places: Devon, England, St. Mary Mead, England
series: Miss Marple
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers