A Murder Is Announced
A Miss Marple Mystery
Miss Marple Mysteries: Book #5
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Joan Hickson
- Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Description
A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement—and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur.
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.”
A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out and a gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.
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Miss Marple Mysteries Series

The Murder at the Vicarage
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.
Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where... Read more »
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The Murder at the Vicarage
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.
Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where... Read more »
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The Body in the Library
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Stephanie Cole
Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
The iconic Miss Marple must investigate the case of a girl found dead in Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Body in the Library.
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy makeup, which is now smeared across her cheeks. But who is she? How did she... Read more »
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The Moving Finger
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
The indomitable sleuth Miss Marple is led to a small town with shameful secrets in Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Moving Finger.
Lymstock is a town with more than its share of scandalous secrets—a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir.
But all that changes when one of the recipients,... Read more »
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The Moving Finger
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
The indomitable sleuth Miss Marple is led to a small town with shameful secrets in Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Moving Finger.
Lymstock is a town with more than its share of scandalous secrets—a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir.
But all that changes when one of the recipients,... Read more »
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A Murder Is Announced
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 8 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement—and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur.
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.”
A childish... Read more »
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A Murder Is Announced
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 7 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement—and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur.
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.”
A childish... Read more »
Learn more
They Do It with Mirrors
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s They Do It with Mirrors, the indomitable Miss Marple investigates some rather deadly doings at a rehabilitation center for delinquents.
Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation center for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Although... Read more »
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They Do It with Mirrors
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s They Do It with Mirrors, the indomitable Miss Marple investigates some rather deadly doings at a rehabilitation center for delinquents.
Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation center for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Although... Read more »
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A Pocket Full of Rye
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s classic, A Pocket Full of Rye, the bizarre death of a financial tycoon has Miss Marple investigating a very odd case of crime by rhyme.
Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his “counting house” when he suffered an agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found... Read more »
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4:50 From Paddington
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story.
For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a... Read more »
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4:50 From Paddington
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story.
For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a... Read more »
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, a fatal dose of poison meant for a glamorous movie star fells her ardent admirer instead—and Miss Marple is there to unmask a murderer.
One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a... Read more »
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 7 hours
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, a fatal dose of poison meant for a glamorous movie star fells her ardent admirer instead—and Miss Marple is there to unmask a murderer.
One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a... Read more »
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A Caribbean Mystery
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The delightful Miss Marple is ensnared in A Caribbean Mystery when a retired military man sparks her curiosity with a photograph and a strange story of a murderer
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever... Read more »
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A Caribbean Mystery
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
The delightful Miss Marple is ensnared in A Caribbean Mystery when a retired military man sparks her curiosity with a photograph and a strange story of a murderer
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever... Read more »
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At Bertram's Hotel
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Stephanie Cole
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
At Bertram’s Hotel the intrepid Miss Marple, on holiday in London, must solve a deadly mystery at the end of a chain of very violent events.
An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be.…
When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel:... Read more »
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Nemesis
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Length: 9 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s baffling detective story, Nemesis, a letter from a dead man instructs Miss Marple how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime.
In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel—an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left... Read more »
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Nemesis
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s baffling detective story, Nemesis, a letter from a dead man instructs Miss Marple how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime.
In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel—an acquaintance she had met briefly on her travels. He had left... Read more »
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Sleeping Murder
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Stephanie Cole
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
In Agatha Christie’s classic, Sleeping Murder, the indomitable Miss Marple turns ghost hunter and uncovers shocking evidence of a perfect crime.
Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernize the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense... Read more »
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