murder-mysteries

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4:50 From Paddington

"Seeing is believing," is an oft quoted and usually iron clad truth. However, when Elspeth McGillicuddy witnesses what she believes is a murder, can she (or anyone else?) believe what she thought she saw?

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Nemesis

Murder comes full circle in Agatha Christie's Nemesis. Miss Jane Marple, the "fussy old pussy" spinster from the quaint English village of St. Mary Mead, opens this mystery by relaxing in her cottage enjoying one of her favorite pastimes: reading the obituary notices.

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A Caribbean Mystery

Miss Marple has been gifted with a vacation on a tropical Caribbean island. Raymond, her indulgent nephew, has sent her on holiday to a tropical isle to relax and regain her strength after a recent illness. However, murder always seems to be stalking Miss Marple.

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The Thirteen Problems

Miss Marple and her friends form a loose association dubbed the Tuesday Night Club. They gather once a week and each one, in turn, attempts to stump the others with a true life mystery. The rules are simple. The facts must be from a true case and the narrator knows the solution to 'whodunit'. The rest of the guests must use their wit to solve the puzzle before the night is over.

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The Body in the Library

Miss Jane Marple, has seen a lot of evil in her quaint English village of St. Mary Mead. Her neighbors, Dolly and Arthur Bantry, have awakened to discover a dead body in the library of their manor house. A platinum blonde that somehow just doesn't seem quite real. However, the lifeless corpse is certainly there on the hearth rug and the elderly Miss Marple must solve the murder.

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A Murder is Announced

In the quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn, every resident loves to read the local newspaper, The Gazette. It's chock full of village gossip and on one particular Friday morning, there is even an advertisement for a murder!

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The Murder at the Vicarage

Residing in the village of St. Mary Mead, Miss Marple doesn't seem like a typical sleuth with her white hair and love of gardening. She also has a passion for bird watching and insists that her binoculars are simply for observing feathered friends...not for spying on her neighbors.

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