Miss Marple

Colonel Protheroe is found shot dead in Reverend Clements’ study. There are several possible suspects, which frustrates the police, but our Miss Marple just watches and waits.

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past.… In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a ‘perfect’ crime committed many years before.

"A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm." So runs the advertisement in that day's local paper. Miss Blacklock, the owner of Little Paddocks, is not unduly surprised when, towards the appointed hour, several of her neighbours find themselves drawn to call upon her ...

When Rex Fortescue suffers an agonising and sudden death in his 'Counting House', Miss Marple is convinced that this is a case of crime by rhyme.

Elspeth sees a man strangling a woman in a passing train. But who will take her story seriously? The indomitable Miss Marple of course.

One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation – into human nature

Jane Marple takes a holiday in the Caribbean where she encounters a retired major who tells her the story of a strange coincidence. Unfortunately he never gets to the end of the story and once more Miss Marple is involved in a murder hunt.

When Miss Marple spends a brief holiday in an expensive and highly respectable London hotel, she encounters violence and mystery.

The collection is the final book by Agatha Christie, it includes Miss Marple Tells a Story, Strange Jest, The Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of the Caretaker, The Case of the Perfect Maid and Sanctuary.

These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations, based on four novels and three short stories by Agatha Christie, showcase seven of Miss Marple’s most ingenious mysteries. June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple. Includes: The Moving Finger, They Do It With Mirrors, Nemesis, Sleeping Murder, Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of the Perfect Maid and Sanctuary.