num_pages: 221
description: Promoted on both sides of the Atlantic as Agatha Christie's 50th book and published in 1950 by William Collins, A Murder is Announced is a staple of crime fiction and is often considered the best of all the Miss Marple novels. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’ A childish practical joke? Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out…
language: English
title: A Murder is Announced
titlecomplete: A Murder is Announced
characters: Miss Hinchcliffe, Dora Bunner, Mrs. Swettenham, Chief Constable George Rydesdale, Belle Goedler, Letitia Blacklock, Rudi Scherz, Miss Marple, Patrick Simmons, Inspector Dermot Craddock, Myrna Harris, Colonel Esterbrook, Julia Simmons, Phillipa Haymes
genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Detective, Thriller, British Literature, Murder Mystery, Crime, Classics, Mystery
ratings_count: 68169
places: Chipping Cleghorn, England
series: Miss Marple
publisher: Fontana