About this title: A newlywed thinks she has found the perfect new home for her and her husband, but the more she inspects Hillside, the more convinced she becomes that it is haunted. Miss Marple takes on the case and offers a different theory, but one which is no less disturbing.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780061003806ISBN:0061003808
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Miss Marple Mysteries (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553256789ISBN:0553256785
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge wear but rounded corners. No marks. Tight Binding. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Miss Marple's Last Case. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780553237535ISBN:0553237535
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Missing back cover, reading copy. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins (Mm)
ISBN-13:9780061003806ISBN:0061003808
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd Mead and Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1976
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Great reading copy. Tan boards with brown titles. Name inside on end papers. DJ has several small tears at corners, edge wear, soiling. 379 pages. Sleeping Murder is Miss Marple's last case; Murder at the Vicarage is her first case. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780061003806ISBN:0061003808
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light spine creasing & edgewear to cover. Name written on first inside page. Text is clean and very good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780396073734ISBN:0396073735
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Cover has a few smudges, pages clean. some edge/corner wear. binding secure. spine and corners bumped. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780553107067ISBN:0553107062
Description: Good. No Jacket. Markings On Front Cover, Remainder Mark Bottem Page Ends, Spine Lightly Creased, Interior Clean/Unmarked, Overall Good Copy. read more
Description: Excellent condition, like new paperback. Gentle bend in front cover, very slight wear along cover edges and corners. Clean and tight. 0451200993. read more
"I tagged the wrong killer here, but that's quite typical for me. The clues did not seem to point to the actual killer, I suppose that was Christie's skill. This was published posthumously.
Three more left to complete Christie's detective novels."
"This was a fun book. I would probably read another by Agatha Christie. Reminded me of the show Murder She Wrote. I told the people in my book group I knew Miss Marple was clever right away. When they introduce her in Chapter 3 she is knitting!!! Reminds me of books I read in middle school. Lesley refresh my memory...maybe a little like Georgette Heyer? with less romance!Or even a little Mary Worth!?"
"I'm staying with my dear friend Tam, who has about 1001 Agatha Christie books in her house, and I picked up Sleeping Murder for some before-bed reading. Oh how I love Miss Marple! She is a little in the background in this one (her last mystery), and I suspect that Christie may have been paving the way for a new lady detective, Gwenda (perhaps paired with husband Giles) because she lets the young newlyweds do a lot of the investigating. But they don't do it as well as dear Jane. Where they are often artless in their approach, too quick to jump to conclusions, and not at all able to follow the logic of the clues through to the right conclusions, Miss Jane Marple skillfully learns all she needs to know through a little bit of old lady gossiping and her brilliant, deductive mind. As she should, she saves the day in the end and is recognized (not officially, but with much esteem) by the local police in the process. A lovely way to end the day (and start it this morning, when I finally had the time to devote to getting through it!)."
"I was completely drawn in to this book from the first page. The way that the central mystery is revealed was incredibly interesting, and I loved the blending of the possibly supernatural with the pragmatic Miss Marple's worldview. I did guess "whodunnit" which is fairly atypical for me, but I think that speaks more to my interest and investment in the plot rather than any failing on the author's part. I paid very close attention to all the details, and was delighted at how the parts coalesced in the end.
My second Christie book was further incentive to read more of her work."
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