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Contents
Author’s Foreword
From The Thirteen Problems
1 The Tuesday Night Club
2 The Idol House of Astarte
3 Ingots of Gold
4 The Bloodstained Pavement
5 Motive v. Opportunity
6 The Thumbmark of St. Peter
7 The Blue Geranium
8 The Companion
9 The Four Suspects
10 A Christmas Tragedy
11 The Herb of Death
12 The Affair at the Bungalow
13 Death by Drowning
  From The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
14 Miss Marple Tells a Story
  From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
15 Strange Jest
16 The Case of the Perfect Maid
17 The Case of the Caretaker
18 Tape-Measure Murder
  From Double Sin and Other Stories
19 Greenshaw’s Folly
20 Sanctuary
 Back Ad
 About the Author
The Agatha Christie Collection
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
Author’s Foreword to The Thirteen Problems
These problems were Miss Marple’s first introduction to the world of detective story readers. Miss Marple has some faint affinity with my own grandmother, also a pink and white pretty old lady who, although having led the most sheltered and Victorian of lives, nevertheless always appeared to be intimately acquainted with all the depths of human depravity. One could be made to feel incredibly naïve and credulous by her reproachful remark: “But did you believe what they said to you? You shouldn’t do that. I never do!”
I enjoyed writing the Miss Marple stories very much, conceived a great affection for my fluffy old lady, and hoped that she might be a success. She was. After the first six stories had appeared, six more were requested, Miss Marple had definitely come to stay.
She has appeared now in several books and also in a play—and actually rivals Hercule Poirot in popularity. I get about an equal number of letters, one lot saying: “I wish you would always have Miss Marple and not Poirot,” and the other “I wish you would have Poirot and not Miss Marple.” I myself incline to her side. I think, that she is at her best in the solving of short problems; they suit her more intimate style. Poirot, on the other hand, insists on a full-length book to display his talents.
These Thirteen Problems contain, I consider, the real essence of Miss Marple for those who like her.
Penguin edition, 1953
One
THE TUESDAY NIGHT CLUB
“Unsolved mysteries.”
Raymond West blew out a cloud of smoke and repeated the words with a kind of deliberate self-conscious pleasure.
“Unsolved mysteries.”
He looked round him with satisfaction. The room was an old one with broad black beams across the ceiling and it was furnished wi ............

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