No one noticed her face, just the chambermaid's uniform. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Parts of these short stories may have been plundered and used in longer works. Author The first appearance of Miss Marple was in a short story published in 1927, titled ‘The Tuesday Night Club’. Miss Marple is asked for help by an old friend who is about to be indicted for his wife’s murder. Mary Hill, chambermaid at the Crown Hotel in Barnchester . In the short story Miss Marple Tells a Story, Mr Petherick is a solicitor in St. Mary Mead. She laid down the limp hand she had picked up and looked at his other hand. Seems hard cheese that the murderess is driven mad and into becoming a murderess because apparently they didn't prosecute for vehicular manslaughter or any variation of it back then. 25th September 2018. I ended up giving this 4/5 stars! A suspenseful quick read. I enjoyed the mystery in this one and I also enjoy how better at sleuthing Miss Marple is than everyone else around her. Country He took over the business after his father. The main train station is in “Much Benham” two miles away. Apparently I can borrow these individual short-stories from the NYPL for Kindle (yea!). We've chosen some of our favourite facts about Agatha Christie's character, Miss Jane Marple. Fun to kind of think about and try to decide what happened before the ending. This one isn't as good as others because Miss Marple basically relating a case to someone else, and there are too many instances of "I hope I'm not digressing" and "You're going to think this silly." Detective fiction Was a cute little short story. June 18th 2013 See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. Thank you! Welcome back. Miss Marple tells a story -- Three blind mice. However, it was a bit logical this time so I found it interesting. When insanity is the reason of murder, I just don't feel confessed. Miss Marple Tells a Story is included in collections The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (US, 1939)and Miss Marple's Final Cases (UK, 1979). In the short story Miss Marple Tells a Story, Mr Petherick is a solicitor in St. Mary Mead. There are only a few stories that I felt okay to meh about and so I gave the entire book 4 stars. Through trial and error, I have learned that the best way for me to read Agatha Christie is to avoid her full-length novels and concentrate instead on her short stories. It was the last Christie book to be published under the Collins Crime Club imprint although HarperCollins continue to be the writer's UK publishers.. Mr Petherick (Miss Marple Tells a Story) | Agatha Christie Wiki | Fandom A very short mystery story that makes an easy introduction to Miss Marple- a favorite character of mine. Instead, if you want to discuss something like whodunnit, major plot twists, etc. We’d love your help. Miss Marple Tells a Story: A Short Story (Miss Marple Mysteries) A man is accused of stabbing his wife in the chest.