The Complete Miss Marple

by Agatha Christie, June Whitfield (Narrator)

Dramatizations of 12 Miss Marple novels by BBC Radio 4. They include:
1. The Moving Finger
2. Sleeping Murder
3. Nemesis
4. A Caribbean Mystery
5. 4.50 From Paddington
6. A Pocket Full of Rye
7. They do it With Mirrors
8. At Bertram's Hotel
9. The Body in the Library
10. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side,
and two more.

Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection, "The Complete Miss Marple." Entries for each of the individual novels can be found elsewhere on Goodreads.

Librarian's note #2: the word "Complete" in the title implies the full set of 12 Miss Marple novels. That means that the other two are "The Murder at the Vicarage," and "A Murder is Announced."

Genres: Mystery, Agatha Christie

18 pages, Audio Cassette

First published November 5, 2001

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Mark Zieg · Rating 4 out of 5]

More information can be found at the official Agatha Christie site, Agatha Christie Breaks a Third World Record.

[Jack Heath · Rating 4 out of 5]

4. Stars. The twelve novels, all of them. Well worth it for someone coming to Miss Marple for the first time. I didn't listen to this collection, having read all the novels and short stories over the last few years and enjoyed them, but I wanted to make sure the entries are helpful. Maybe encourage more people to discover one of the best authors. The highlights are: "The Moving Finger", "A Murder is Announced", "4:50 from Paddington", and "Nemesis." But you can't go wrong with any of the Miss Marple novels. Agatha Christie's mind was so fertile when it came to writing murder mysteries. Lots of complication, clues, and confusion. Relax and listen to a BBC tape. A good idea! (March 2021)

[Cynthia K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I chose this collection to complete task #23 of the 2018 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge: A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60. It also satisfies the requirements of task #3: A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance).

[Judi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Charming. Old school radio theater. Each mystery tale short and sweet. Love it.