BlackHat Mystery BookstoreAgatha Christie
Page Two
| on Page One:
short profile works about Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot series links |
![Dame Agatha Christie Mallowan [1890-1976] at the typewriter](images/AgathaChristie-typing.jpg)
| here on Page Two: |
Miss Jane Marple Mystery Series
The character of spinster Miss Jane Marple lives in the village of St. Mary Mead in Hampshire
(not far from London) and appears in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels, 24 short stories,
published from 1930 to 1976 – and many feature films and TV movies.
Miss Marple book search at Amazon.com
Miss Marple video/DVD search at Amazon.com
Miss Marple entry at Wikipedia
v v
"The Murder At The Vicarage" [1930]
 | A despised local landowner is found dead in the study of St. Mary Mead's vicar, and two people confess to the crime. Signet mass pb [4/2002] for $6.99 Black Dog & Leventhal 8¼x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $9.60 book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Tuesday Club Murders"
[13 connected stories; 1932]
 | aka "The Thirteen Problems"; includes "A Christmas Tragedy", "The Affair At The Bungalow", "The Blood-Stained Pavement", "The Blue Geranium", "The Companion", "Death By Drowning", "The Four Suspects", "The Herb of Death", "The Idol House of Astarte", "Ingots of Gold", "Motive v. Opportunity", "The Thumb Mark of St. Peter", and "The Tuesday Night Club"
Dell mass pb [1/75] out of print/used Berkley 7x5 pb [2/84] out of print/many used Black Dog & Leventhal 8¼x5¾ hardcover [3/2007] for $9.60 book entry at Wikipedia |
v v
"The Body In The Library" [1942]
 |
Gentry in the next county find the body of a woman in their library, someone that they do not know; as the case drags on, the wife asks Miss Marple to help solve the case.
Signet mass pb [1/2000] for $6.99 Black Dog & Leventhal 8¼x5¾ hardcover [9/2006] for $9.60 book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Moving Finger" [1942]
 |
A series of poison pen letters surface in a small village, leading to a suicide; Scotland Yard investigates with little luck until a villager invites Miss Marple to help.
Signet mass pb [11/2000] for $6.99 Black Dog & Leventhal 8¼x5¾ hardcover [3/2007] for $9.60 book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Mousetrap and Other Stories" [1950]
v v
"A Murder Is Announced" [1950]
v v
"Murder With Mirrors" [1952]
British title: "They Do It With Mirrors"
"Murder With Mirrors" [1985] starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple
v v
"A Pocket Full of Rye" [1953]
v v
"What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!" [1957]
aka "Murder She Said"
British title: "4:50 From Paddington"
v v
"Double Sin and Other Stories" [1961]
v v
"The Mirror Crack'd" [1962]
British title: "The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side"
v v
"A Caribbean Mystery" [1964]
"A Caribbean Mystery" [1983] starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple
v v
"At Bertram's Hotel" [1965]
v v
"13 Clues For Miss Marple" [13 stories; 1966]
includes "Tape-Measure Murder", "Strange Jest", "Sanctuary", "Greenshaw's Folly", "The Case of The Perfect Maid",
"The Case of The Caretaker", "The Blue Geranium", "The Companion", "The Four Suspects", "Motive v. Opportunity",
"The Thumb Mark of St. Peter", "The Blood-Stained Pavement", and "The Herb of Death"
v v
"Nemesis" [1971]
v v
"Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case"
[written circa 1940, published 1976]
v v
"Murder By Death" [Rastar/Columbia June 1976]
 | Detective spoof written by playwright Neil Simon: Five famous literary detectives and their sidekicks are invited by an eccentric millionaire for dinner and a 'murder at midnight' performance; but before midnight, the butler is found dead, and then other murders follow. Elsa Lanchester portrays the Miss Marple spoof 'Miss Jessica Marbles', and James Coco portrays the Hercule Poirot spoof 'Milo Perrier'; DVD extras include trailers & Neil Simon interview.
Co-produced by Ray Stark; directed by Robert Moore; starring Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Peter Sellers & Richard Narita; W.G.A. nom for Best Original Script
Sony widescreen color DVD [12/2001] for $8.99 Sony color VHS [6/94] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
v v
 | "Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories" [1986] Berkley pb [11/86] for $11.47 HarperCollins pb [7/97] out of print/used |
 | "The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple" [1989] by Anne Hart Berkley pb [9/89] out of print/used Bantam hardcover [9/89] out of print/used |
 | misnamed "Miss Marple's Final Cases" [9 stories; 1979] includes "Sanctuary", "Strange Jest", "Tape-Measure Murder", "The Case of The Care-taker", "The Case of The Perfect Maid", "Miss Marple Tells a Story", "The Dress-maker's Doll" {not MM}, "In A Glass Darkly" {not MM}, and "Greenshaw's Folly" HarperCollins pb [9/2002] out of print/used HarperCollins hardcover [9/2003] out of print/used HarperCollins audio CD [11/2005] out of prodn/used |
 | "Christietown: A Novel About Vintage Clothing, Romance, Mystery & Agatha Christie" [2007] by Susan Kandel Hired to help promote a new Cotswold village-style housing tract in the Mojave Desert, Cece Caruso stages an Agatha Christie murder mystery starring Miss Marple on opening day – and the leading lady ends up dead! Harper 8x5½ pb [6/2007] for $11.16 Harper 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2007] out of print/used |
Miss Jane Marple has been portrayed on-screen by
Helen Hayes [1900-93]
Joan Hickson [1906-1998]
Angela Lansbury
Geraldine McEwan
Julia McKenzie
and Margaret Rutherford [1892-1972]
 | "The Agatha Christie Miss Marple Movie Collection" [2006]
all directed by George Pollock & starring Margaret Rutherford Warner color DVD set [3/2006] for $42.49 includes "Murder She Said" [1961]; "Murder At The Gallop" [1963]; "Murder Ahoy!" [1964]; and "Murder Most Foul" [1964] |
directed by George Pollock & starring Margaret Rutherford
"Murder at the Gallop" [1963]
based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel "After The Funeral"
directed by George Pollock & starring Margaret Rutherford
"Murder Ahoy!" [1964]
directed by George Pollock & starring Margaret Rutherford
"Murder Most Foul" [1964]
based on the 1952 Hercule Poirot novel "Mrs. McGinty's Dead"
directed by George Pollock & starring Margaret Rutherford
 | "Agatha Christie Collection Featuring Helen Hayes" [2006] includes "Murder Is Easy" [1982]; "A Caribbean Mystery" [1983]; and "Murder With Mirrors" [1985] Warner color DVD [9/2006] 3 disks for $34.99 |
"Murder Is Easy" [1982]
starring Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland & Helen Hayes
"A Caribbean Mystery" [1983]
starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple
"Murder With Mirrors" [1985]
starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple
BBC television series
starring Geraldine McEwan, 2004-2007: her credits at IMDb
and then Julia McKenzie, 2008-2011: her credits at IMDb
 | "Agatha Christie's Marple Set 1"
Acorn Media widescreen DVD [5/2005] for $53.99 includes: "A Murder Is Announced" [2005] co-starring Zoë Wanamaker; |
 | "Agatha Christie's Marple Set 2"
Acorn Media color DVD set [8/2006] 4 disks for $47.99 includes "The Moving Finger" [2006] co-starring James D'Arcy & Emilia Fox; |
 | "Agatha Christie's Marple Set 3"
Acorn Media color DVD set [10/2007] 4 disks for $35.99 includes "Towards Zero" [2007]; "Nemesis" [2007]; "At Bertram's Hotel" [2007]; and "Ordeal By Innocence" [2007] with Jane Seymour |
 | "Agatha Christie's Marple Set 4" starring Julia McKenzie
Acorn Media color DVD set [8/2009] 4 disks for $49.99 includes "A Pocket Full of Rye" [2008]; "Murder Is Easy" [2008]; "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" [2009]; and "They Do It With Mirrors" [2009] with Joan Collins |
 | "Agatha Christie's Marple Set 5" starring Julia McKenzie
Acorn Media color DVD set [8/2010] 4 disks for $35.49 includes "The Mirror Crack’d From Side To Side" [2010]; "The Secret of Chimneys" [2010]; "The Blue Geranium" [2010]; and "Agatha Christie’s Garden" documentary [2006] |
"The Body In The Library" [2004], co-starring James Fox & Simon Callow
"The Murder At The Vicarage" [2004], co-starring Herbert Lom & Derek Jacobi
"4.50 From Paddington" [2004], co-starring David Warner & Jenny Agutter
"A Murder Is Announced" [2005] co-starring Zoë Wanamaker
"Sleeping Murder" [2005] co-starring Sophia Myles
"The Moving Finger" [2006] co-starring James D'Arcy & Emilia Fox
"By The Pricking of My Thumbs" [2006]
with the Beresfords (played by Anthony Andrews & Greta Scacchi)
"The Sittaford Mystery" [2006] co-starring Timothy Dalton
"Towards Zero" [2007]
"Nemesis" [2007]
"At Bertram's Hotel" [2007]
"Ordeal By Innocence" [2007] with
Jane Seymour
"A Pocket Full of Rye" [2008]
"Murder Is Easy" [2008]
"Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" [2009]
"They Do It With Mirrors" [2009] with Joan Collins
"The Mirror Crack’d From Side To Side" [2010]
"The Secret of Chimneys" [2010]
"The Blue Geranium" [2010]
"The Pale Horse" [2010]
"Behind The Scenes: Agatha Christie's Marple"
TV special [G.M.T.V. / I.T.V. Jan 2005]
25-minute color documentary programme; directed by Liz Lichi; interviewees include Geraldine McEwan
DVD/Blu-ray not available;
credits at IMDb
BBC television series [1984-91]
starring Joan Hickson [1906-1998]: her credits at IMDb
tv series on VHS at Amazon.com
 | "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Collection 1"
A&E color DVD [9/2001] 2 disks for $35.96 A&E color VHS [9/97] 4 tapes for $34.95 includes "Sleeping Murder" [1987], "A Caribbean Mystery" [1989], "The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side" [1992], and "4:50 From Paddington" [1987] |
 | "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Collection 2"
A&E color DVD [1/2002] 3 disks for $42.49 A&E color VHS [9/97] 5 tapes for $43.95 includes "The Moving Finger" [1985], "Nemesis" [1987], "The Murder At The Vicarage" [1986], "At Bertram's Hotel" [1987], and "They Do It With Mirrors" [1991] |
 | "Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Gift Set"
BBC Video color DVD [8/2002] 3 disks for $21.99 includes "The Body In The Library" [1984], "A Murder Is Announced" [1985], "A Pocketful of Rye" [1985] |
"The Body In The Library" [1984]
"A Murder Is Announced" [1985]
"A Pocketful of Rye" [1985]
"The Moving Finger" [1985]
"The Murder At The Vicarage" [1986]
"4.50 From Paddington" [1987]
"Nemesis" [1987]
"At Bertram's Hotel" [1987]
"Sleeping Murder" [1987]
"A Caribbean Mystery" [1989]
"They Do It With Mirrors" [1991]
"The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side" [1992]
v v
"untitled Miss Marple feature film [Disney 2012?] 
Announced 3/2011: Disney has captured the movie rights to Agatha Christie’s elderly detective
character Miss Marple; the plan is for Jennifer Garner - 5'9" tall, age 39 - to produce & star, as a younger
Marple in current times {the mind boggles!}; Mark Frost is assigned to write the screenplay
Tommy & Tuppence Beresford
Mystery Series
v v
"The Secret Adversary" [1922]
v v
"Partners In Crime" [17 stories; 1929]
includes "A Fairy In The Flat"; "A Pot of Tea"; "The Affair of The Pink Pearl" + continued; "The Adventure of The
Sinister Stranger" + continued; "Finessing The King"; "The Gentleman Dressed In Newspaper"; "The Case of The
Missing Lady"; "Blindman's Buff"; "The Man In The Mist" + continued; "The Crackler" + continued; "The
Sunningdale Mystery" + continued; "The House of Lurking Death" + continued; "The Unbreakable Alibi"; "The
Clergyman's Daughter"; "The Red House"; "The Ambassador's Boots", and "The Man Who Was No. 16"
v v
"N or M?" [1941]
v v
"By The Pricking of My Thumbs" [1968]
v v
"The Postern of Fate" [1973]
v v
 | "Partners In Crime" series [London Weekend TV 1980] starring Francesca Annis, James Warwick & Reece Dinsdale series credits from IMDb Set 1: includes "The Secret Adversary", "The Affair of the Pink Pearl", "The House of Lurking Death", "Finessing the King" & "The Clergyman's Daughter" Acorn Media color DVD [4/2003] 2 disks for $35.99 Acorn Media color VHS [5/2001] 3 tapes out of stock/used Set 2: includes "The Sunningdale Mystery", "The Ambassador's Boots", "The Case of the Missing Lady", "The Crackler", "The Man in the Mist" & "The Unbreakable Alibi" Acorn Media color DVD [3/2004] 2 disks for $35.99 Acorn Media color VHS [3/2002] for $47.49 |
Other Works by Agatha Christie
v v
"Man In The Brown Suit" [1924]
"The Man In The Brown Suit" [1989] starring Stephanie Zimbalist
v v
"The Secret of Chimneys" [1925]
v v
"Seven Dials Mystery" [1929]
v v
"The Mysterious Mr. Quin" [12 stories; 1930]
includes "The Coming of Mr. Quin", "The Shadow On The Glass", "At The Bells & Motley", "The Sign In
The Sky", "The Soul of The Croupier", "The World's End", "The Voice In The Dark", "The Face of Helen",
The Dead Harlequin", "The Bird With The Broken Wing", "The Man From The Sea", and "Harlequin's Lane"
v v
"The Sittaford Mystery" [1931]
aka "Murder At Hazelmore"
v v
"Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective" [stories 1934]
includes "The Case of The Middle-Aged Wife", "The Case of The Discontented Soldier", "The Case
of The Distressed Lady", "The Case of The Discontented Husband", "The Case of The City Clerk",
"The Case of The Rich Woman", "Have You Got Everything You Want?", "The Gate of Bagdad",
"The House At Shiraz", "The Pearl of Price", "Death On The Nile", and "The Oracle At Delphi"
v v
"The Boomerang Clue" [1935]
aka "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
v v
"Easy To Kill" [1939]
British title: "Murder Is Easy"
"Murder Is Easy" [1982]
starring Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland & Helen Hayes
v v
"The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories"
[9 stories; 1939]
includes "The Regatta Mystery" {Pyne}; "Mystery of The Bagdad Chest" {Poirot}; "How Does Your
Garden Grow?" {Poirot}; "Problem At Polensa Bay" {Pyne}; "Yellow Iris" {Poirot}; "Miss Marple Tells
A Story"; "The Dream" {Poirot}; "In A Glass Darkly", and "Problem At Sea" {Poirot}
v v
"And Then There Were None" [1940]
aka "Ten Little Indians"
or "Ten Little Ni**ers"
"And Then There Were None" [1945] /tt0037515/
Directed by René Clair; starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston & Louis Hayward
"Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians" [1965] /tt0061075/
starring Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton & Fabian
"Ten Little Indians" [1974] /tt0072263/
starring Charles Aznavour, Adolfo Celi, Stéphane Audran, Richard Attenborough, Elke Sommer & Oliver Reed
"Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None" computer game for PC [2005]
v v
"Death Comes As The End" [1944]
v v
"Towards Zero" [1944]
v v
"Sparkling Cyanide" [1944]
aka "Remembered Death"
v v
"The Witness For The Prosecution and Other Stories" [11 stories; 1948]
includes "The Witness For The Prosecution", "The Red Signal", "The Fourth Man", "S.O.S.", "Where There's A
Will", "Mystery of The Blue Jar", "Philomel Cottage", "Accident" {Insp. Evans}, "The Second Gong" {Poirot}
"Witness For The Prosecution" feature film [1957]
Directed by Billy Wilder; starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
& Elsa Lanchester • full credits at IMDb
v v
"Crooked House" [1949]
Eccentric multi-millionaire Aristede Leonides has kept his whole family living in a single, sprawling mansion, the 'crooked' house of the title. When Detective Charles Hayward comes to investigate the killing of Leonides, further members of the household get picked off, leading to a race against time to find the killer and the dark family secret behind the crimes.
Announced 5/2011: Brilliant Films & Tele Munchen Group are producing a feature film of "Crooked House"; Julian Fellowes & Tim Rose Price adapted Christie’s book for the screen; Neil LaBute will direct; Matthew Goode is attached to star alongside Julia Andrews, Gemma Arterton & Gabriel Byrne.
v v
"The Mousetrap and Other Stories" [1950]
includes "Three Blind Mice", "Strange Jest" {Miss Marple}, "Tape-Measure Murder" {Miss Marple}, "Case of
The Perfect Maid" {Miss Marple}, "Case of The Caretaker" {Miss Marple}, "Third Floor Flat" {Poirot}, "The
Adventure of Johnnie Waverly" {Poirot}, "Four & Twenty Blackbirds" {Poirot}, and "The Love Detectives"
v v
"They Came To Baghdad" [1951]
v v
"Destination Unknown" [1954]
aka "So Many Steps To Death"
Many scientists are disappearing without a trace; the redhead wife of one sets out for Morocco, and dies in a plane crash.
A redhead planning suicide is talked into replacing the wife on her journey, expecting that danger will lead to her death as well.
v v
"Ordeal By Innocence" [1958]
v v
"The Adventure of The Christmas Pudding"
[6 stories; 1960]
v v
"13 For Luck" [13 stories; 1961]
includes Poirot: "The Veiled Lady", "The Nemean Lion", "The Girdle of Hyppolita" & "The Market Basing
Mystery"; Jane Marple: "Tape-Measure Murder", "The Blue Geranium" & "The Four Suspects"; Harley
Quin: "The Face of Helen" & "The Bird With The Broken Wing"; Mr. Parker Pyne: "The Regatta Mystery"
& "Problem At Polensa Bay"; Tommy & Tuppence: "The Unbreakable Alibi"; and Insp. Evans: "Accident"
v v
"The Pale Horse" [1961]
v v
"Surprise! Surprise!" [13 stories; 1965]
includes "Double Sin" {Poirot}; "The Arcadian Deer" {Poirot}; "The Adventure of Johnny Waverly" {Poirot}; "Where There's
A Will"; "Greenshaw's Folly" {Miss Marple}; "The Case of The Parfect Maid" {Miss Marple}; "At The Bells & Motley"
{Quin}; "The Case of The Distressed Lady" {Pyne}; "The Third Floor Flat" {Poirot}; "The Plymouth Express" {Poirot};
"The Mystery of The Spanish Shawl"; "The Cornish Mystery" {Poirot}; and "The Witness For The Prosecution"
v v
"Endless Night" [1967]
v v
"Passenger To Frankfurt" [1970]
v v
"The Golden Ball and Other Stories" [1971]
v v
 | "The Harlequin Tea Set & Other Stories" [9 stories; 1997] includes "The Harlequin Tea Set" (Mr. Quin; 1971), "The Mystery of The Spanish Chest" {Poirot}, "The Actress" (1923), "While The Light Lasts" (1923), "Within a Wall" (1925), "The House of Dreams" (1926), "The Lonely God" (1926), "The Edge" (1927) & "Manx Gold" (1930) {note also 'While The Light Lasts' collection below} Berkley mass pb [4/2002] for $5.99 Putnam hardcover [4/97] out of print/many used |
 | "While The Light Lasts" [9 early stories; 1997] {note also 'The Harlequin Tea Set' collection above} HarperCollins pb [7/2003] out of print/used Collins Crime hardcover [4/97] out of print/used |
 | "Masterpieces In Miniature: The Detectives - Stories by Agatha Christie" [39 stories; 2005] St. Martin/Minotaur 8¼x5½ pb [10/2005] for $11.53 |
 | "Masterpieces of Mystery and The Unknown" [2006] includes all 28 of Agatha Christie's supernatural suspense tales St. Martin/Griffin pb [2/2006] for $10.85 |
 | "Agatha Christie Classic Mystery Collection" DVD box set [2006]
Warner widescreen color DVD set [9/2006] for $72.99 includes "Murder Is Easy" [1982] starring Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland & Helen Hayes; "Sparkling Cyanide" [1983]; "A Caribbean Mystery" [1983] starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple; "Murder With Mirrors" [1985] starring Helen Hayes as Miss Marple; "Thirteen At Dinner" [1985] starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot; "Dead Man's Folly" [1986] starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot; "Murder In Three Acts [1986] starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot; and "The Man In The Brown Suit" [1989] starring Stephanie Zimbalist |
 |
"Agatha Christie Mystery Lover's Collection" DVD Box Set [2008]
Acorn Media widescreen color DVD [10/2008] 4 disks for $30.99 contains five TV movies: "The Secret Adversary" [Oct 1983] with Tommy & Tuppence (James Warwick & Francesca Annis); "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" [Oct 1983] with Tommy & Tuppence; "The Mysterious Affair At Styles" [Sept 1990] starring David Suchet {as Poirot}, Hugh Fraser (as Hastings} & Philip Jackson {as Japp}; "The Pale Horse" [July 1997] with Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne & Hermione Norris; and "The Body In The Library" [Dec 2004] starring Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple |
 | "Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries In The Making" [2010] Edited by John Curran
The longtime literary adviser to the Agatha Christie Estate painstakingly describes and excerpts the 73 private notebooks that Christie maintained over her career; also b&w photos and two rare short stories featuring Hercule Poirot: "The Incident At The Dog's Ball" (pre-1937 unpublished story) and "The Capture of Cerberus" (pre-1947 version) HarperCollins 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2010] for $17.15 |
"The Agatha Christie Hour" [2010]
 | Set 1: Acorn Media color DVD set [7/2010] 2 disks for $28.49
contains 5 hour-long TV episodes: "The Case of The Middle-Aged Wife" [Sept 1982] with Maurice Denham as Parker Pyne; "The Girl In The Train" [Sept 1982]; "The Fourth Man" [Sept 1982] starring John Nettles; "The Case of The Discontented Soldier" [Oct 1982] with Maurice Denham as Parker Pyne; and "In a Glass Darkly" [1987] Set 2: Acorn Media color DVD set [DUE Jan 2011] 2 disks for $29.99 
contains 5 hour-long TV episodes: "Magnolia Blossom" [Oct 1982]; "The Mystery of The Blue Jar" [Oct 1982]; "The Red Signal" [Nov 1982]; "Jane In Search of A Job" [Nov 1982]; and "The Manhood of Edward Robinson" [Nov 1982] starring Nicholas Farrell |
Books Written as Mary Westmacott
"Giant's Bread" [1930]
"Unfinished Portrait" [1934]
"Absent In The Spring" [1944]
"The Rose and The Yew Tree" [1948]
"A Daughter's A Daughter" [1952]
"The Burden" [1956]
Books by Charles Osborne
back to Agatha Christie Page One
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore's Agatha Christie Pages
on Page One:
short profile •
works about Agatha Christie •
Hercule Poirot series •
links
here on Page Two:
Miss Marple series •
Beresford series •
other works by Agatha Christie
v v
Online sales in association with 
top of this page •• back to BlackHat Mystery Bookstore homepage