The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery

Agatha Christie

Sep 2003 · Miss Marple Mysteries Book 2 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

The iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Body in the Library

It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?

The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple into their home to investigate. Amid rumors of scandal, she baits a clever trap to catch a ruthless killer.

Ratings and reviews

Very interesting and it never got boring to me. I loved reading the story and trying to solve the murders of the town

An intricate plot which kept me guessing the murder's identity until the very end.

I love it to the end; however who murder the girl. there was no end.

About the author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.