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      A Murder Is Announced

      by Agatha Christie
      Published
      Jan 1950
      Main Genre
      Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
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      240
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      Miss Marple Mysteries Book 4

      About This Book

      The date was advertised in the Gazette:

      A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
      and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6 :30 P.m. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.

      Everyone thought it was a harmless game. And so on the night of October 29, the neighbors dropped by, just out of curiosity.

      Then, as the clock chimed 6:30, the room went dark.

      A gun exploded!

      A body fell!

      A woman screamed!

      When the lights went on, a man was found lying on the floor. He was wrapped in a black cloak. He wore a black mask and he lay in a pool of blood--dead.

      There had been thirteen people in the room--thirteen witnesses who might have identified the killer.

      Who was the corpse? Who was the killer?

      And why had this murder been announced?

      Series Placement

      Book 4
      🟡 Mostly Standalone
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Suspense

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      Amateur Sleuth Mystery Police Procedural

      Characters & Occupations

      Women Sleuths

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