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A Murder Is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 5) Paperback – April 12, 2011

by Agatha Christie (Author)
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In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement—and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur.

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “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 spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.

 

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  1. Book 5 of 12
    Miss Marple Mysteries
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  3. Language
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  4. Publication date
    April 12, 2011
  5. Dimensions
    5.31 x 0.72 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    006207363X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0062073631
  8. Lexile measure
    740L
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“Agatha Christie gave readers the world over a vivid sense of English life, especially in her depiction of the small village where nothing happen—until, of course, a murder is discovered.” -- Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs novels

“A super-smooth Christie—three neat murders in an English village, [and] an assortment of her famous red herrings, all beautifully marinated.” -- New York Times

“Establishes firmly her claim to the throne of detection. The plot is as ingenious as ever…the dialogue both wise and witty; while the suspense is maintained very skilfully until the final revelation.” -- A. A. Milne

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The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “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 spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 12, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 006207363X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062073631
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 740L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.72 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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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 still writing to great acclaim until her death, and her books have now sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. Yet Agatha Christie 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.

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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful twist of a story!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
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This book is wonderful!! It has story full of twists and turns...especially the ending!! 10/10 recommend!!
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illiandantic
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Writing, But...
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2014
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Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" is a far better book than the previous novel ("The Moving Finger") in her "Miss Marple" series. The book grabs your attention right at the beginning and focuses on the mystery instead of on life in a small village. And, as always, the writing is very good. But, even though I enjoyed reading the story, I've got a couple of fairly big problems with it. First, and most importantly, what the murderer actually does is just plain silly. There's no need for it at all, and the methodology is ridiculous. Second, the confluence of all the highly unlikely events surrounding what's really going on is also just plain silly. Maybe one of these things could be justified, but there are several things happening here that are so unlikely that you might as well say "and then a miracle occurs." So, once again, I'm torn at how to rate a book. On one hand, I enjoyed reading it. On the other hand, it's a mystery and the solution to the mystery is pretty unsatisfactory. But, I guess I'll go with the enjoyable aspect and rate the book at a Very Good 4 stars out of 5.

The novels featuring Miss Marple are:

1.  The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple Mysteries)
2.  The Body in the Library (Miss Marple Mysteries)
3.  The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
4.  A Murder Is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
5.  They Do It With Mirrors: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
6.  A Pocket Full of Rye: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
7.  4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple Mysteries)
8.  The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple Mysteries)
9.  A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
10.  At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple Mysteries)
11. Nemesis: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries)
12. Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple Mysteries)
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Kathy Alderman
5.0 out of 5 stars If you love mysteries
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2024
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Great mystery book by Miss Christie. One of her best!
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Cris - The Biblio Blonde
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites!
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
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This ranks right up there as one of my favorite Miss Marple stories!
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RandomReader123
3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful setup, disappointing resolution
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2010
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This book started out wonderfully -- the announcement of a murder is placed in the ads of the local paper in a small English village, identifying the house and the time but nothing more. The residents of the village, all thinking it's an invitation to a murder mystery party, invent various excuses to show up at the stated house at the specified time. The residents of the house read the ad as well but no one will admit to having placed it. So the master of the house -- an older, single woman -- says they'd better be ready for company.

But then there's a real murder, and suddenly all of the eccentric villagers are left looking at each other and wondering who was responsible.

I've read two other Agatha Christie books prior to this (one with Hercule Perot, the other without one of the author's 'regular' sleuths) and this one started out much better than the others. The characters were more distinct, the situation more interesting, and the reactions of the characters more believable.

Unfortunately, the book proves to be a letdown. Miss Marple seems sort of "tacked on" to the story rather than being part of it. The plot relies on too many coincidences (e.g. a cat doing something that shows Miss Marple exactly how the murderer managed something, characters with mysterious but interlinked pasts showing up at the same time with the same motives without knowing of each other, the culprit being at exactly the right place at the exactly the right time to overhear things multiple times) for my tastes.

Worst of all, the resolution just doesn't feel right. The murderer is caught out in a ridiculously elaborate scheme, and when you hear their motives from Miss Marple and Inspector Craddock, is just doesn't seem believable. *This* character, with *that* background, was capable of conceiving and carrying out a murder and then committing multiple more crimes to try to cover their tracks? Even the motive for the initial murder just doesn't ring true -- there are multiple ways the culprit could have dealt with their problem that would have been far less risky than committing a murder.

A pity, as the book had started out so well.
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Klapaucjusz
5.0 out of 5 stars Great classic, soothing reading
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2019
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Only Agatha Christie can make every single person in her books interesting. One just wants to know more about all of them, their secrets and their crimes.
This book features my favored character, Miss Marple, and even though Miss Marple is not playing the dominant role here, in my opinion, this is one of the best mysteries by Christie.

After reading recently several intense contemporary thrillers, reading classic Christie again was like catching a fresh breath of clean air and a very soothing experience. The plot is great, the deaths were not described in gory details, the twists keep coming constantly and nobody is what he/she seems to be. There is some predictability to “whodunit” since author gives reader fair hints but there are still many surprises about “who is who”. In short: pure reading pleasure.

It is really amazing that after 70 years since it was written this book by Christie-mother of all mysteries- still passes the test of time in flying colors.
(And it is currently on sale, just $1.99)
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Cliente Kindle
1.0 out of 5 stars Impossível ler o livro no Kindle
Reviewed in Brazil on May 16, 2023
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Em vez de apóstrofe, travessão, etc. , há um monte de caracteres estranhos. Acredito que seja problema de compatibilidade. Tentei trocar o tipo de fonte, mas não resolveu o problema. Tive que devolver o livro.
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Yamp44
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Miss Marple mystery
Reviewed in Canada on April 26, 2022
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I really love this book. The characters are fun, the story is original (and a bit tragic), and Miss Marple really shine here. A really good book to introduce yourself to Agatha Christie and/or to Miss Marple.
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Azul Medrano
3.0 out of 5 stars MALTRATADO
Reviewed in Mexico on February 25, 2021
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LLEGÓ MALTRATADO DE LAS ESQUINAS Y NO ESTABA EMPLAYADO.
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Bo
4.0 out of 5 stars Not the 2022 cover
Reviewed in the Netherlands on October 19, 2022
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In the introduction of this article, it is the new cover released in 2022. While the delivery is the version of 2016.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the 2022 cover
Reviewed in the Netherlands on October 19, 2022
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Paola K.
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece is announced
Reviewed in Italy on May 3, 2022
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Dame Agatha! She did it again, with her fluffy old adorable Marple on the tow she dished out another sensational story.
Let Letty guide you along an advertised murder.
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