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      The Murder at the Vicarage // Appointment With an Assassin

      by Agatha Christie
      Published
      Oct 1930
      Main Genre
      Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
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      Series
      Miss Marple Mysteries Book 1

      About This Book

      KILL AND TELL

      It came as no great shock when Colonel Protheroe was found shot to death. The Colonel had earned the hatred of almost everyone in the village. The question was: Who had gotten to him first?

      The police relaxed when their first suspect confessed. They became uneasy when their second followed suit. By the third confession, they were tied up in knots--and only the sure hand of the remarkable Miss Marple could unravel the tangled skein of deception spun by a maddeningly elusive murderer.

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      Genres & Themes

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      Suspense

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      Amateur Sleuth Mystery Police Procedural

      Characters & Occupations

      Women Sleuths

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