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Written by Agatha Christie - Audio book performed by Joan Hickson - Unabridged Fiction - 5 CASSETTES

Publisher, Audio Partners (September 2001)

While two trains idle next to each other, Elspeth McGillicuddy sees a strangulation taking place from her compartment. Only the persistent Miss Jane Marple takes Elpeth's report seriously.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976), known as the Queen of the Golden Age of British fiction, wrote over 66 novels, short stories, and screenplays. Her play, The Mousetrap, has been running continuously in London since 1952, breaking all records. Recognized as the most widely published novelist of all time in any language, Christie is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She was made a Dame of the British Empire for her contributions to literature and culture.

Joan Hickson, personally selected by Agatha Christie, is Miss Marple. All of the Miss Marple mysteries have been adapted into films by BBC-TV and broadcast on PBS-TV's Mystery! and on A&E-TV during the past ten years. Joan Hickson starred in all of these and her performance is considered the definitive Miss Marple. These recordings are collectable treasures; they were made at Miss Hickson's home shortly before her death. She does a magnificent job as an octogenarian portraying an octogenarian.