Folio Society Published Works Number 2847
Christie, Agatha - Sleeping Murder
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Christie, Agatha - Sleeping Murder (Published in by The Folio Society in 2013. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Published posthumously at the author's request, the final Miss Marple mystery sees her assisting a young couple haunted by a forgotten past. Gwenda and Giles Reed, a young married couple, have emigrated from New Zealand to England. Gwenda is delighted with her new house in a seaside Devon resort – until a sequence of sinister events begins. Gwenda knows details about the house that she could not possibly know – and she feels a mysterious terror every time she climbs the stairs. In her attempt to discover the truth, she calls in Miss Marple, who helps her uncover a 'perfect' crime committed years before. Agatha Christie wrote Sleeping Murder, the final Miss Marple novel, while living in London during the Blitz, but she ensured that it was held back for publication until after her death in 1976. Miss Marple's last case is the ideal end to a brilliant career.. 'A puzzle that is tortuous, surprising and finally satisfying'. Sunday Express. Production Details. Sleeping Murder book. Bound in buckram blocked with a design by Andrew Davidson.. Set in Bell.. Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations in each volume.. Book size: 9" x 5". )
