Agatha Christies first ever Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a. Author(s): Agatha Christie Crime/Thriller. So, it’s up to Miss Marple to pick out the real murderer. The Murder At The Vicarage (1 Miss Marple). And what with everyone confessing to the murder, the police are left clueless. Red herrings abound, especially when his widow and her lover both confess to the murder. The acknowledged queen of detective fiction. No one seems surprised when Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the local vicarage. From seven potential murderers, Miss Marple must seek out the suspect who has both motive and opportunity. With Geraldine McEwan, John Owens, Jana Carpenter, Tim McInnerny. And who it seems has her own seven suspects who she thinks had perfect opportunity and motive to kill the Colonel.Īs she goes sleuthing, shocking secrets are revealed. The Murder at the Vicarage: Directed by Charlie Palmer. In a place filled with old, nosy ladies who know the ins and outs of everyone there is Miss Marple who is the next door neighbour to the Vicar. Therefore his death leaves everyone restless because it seems all have a motive for wanting him dead! He is pompous, a self imposed authority on things he has little knowledge of and a little deaf too so that his voice is always loud. And his second wife is also on the verge of running away from him! There is not one person in the whole village who likes him. Vicar Len Clement’s carelessly spoken words come back to haunt him when Colonel Protheroe is found shot in his own library some hours later.Ĭolonel Protheroe is a thoroughly despised man.

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