Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie began writing during the First World War and wrote over 100 novels, plays and short story collections. She was always a very private person, and though Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became household names, the Queen of Crime was a complete enigma to all but her closest friends. This collection of four classic Miss Marple mysteries sees a sweet old lady armed with knitting needles and a pair of gardening gloves. Miss Jane Marple doesn't appear to be your average detective, but appearances are deceiving. In a slipcase, the four paperback novels are Miss Marple's Final Cases (190 pages), The Thirteen Problems (256 pages), Nemesis (304 pages) and At Bertram's Hotel (272 pages). Impeccable service. Luxurious rooms. Eccentric guests. There are worse places for Canon Pennyfather to find himself stranded than Bertram's Hotel. But when he gets his dates in a muddle and attempts to travel to Lucerne a day too late, he unwittingly sets off a violent chain of events. Miss Marple's Final Cases - an unknown wounded man in a church. A fatal riding accident. A corpse and a tape measure. Whether in St Mary Mead or further afield, there is always much wickedness lurking below the surface, should, like Jane Marple, you have the eyes to see it. Published posthumously, this collection of tales, including two stand-alone stories, is a treasure trove.
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