

It is sandwiched with humours and interesting remarks of the characters, having begun with a pleasant morning at a quiet village just as St.Mary Mead.

On the first reading strangely it was apleasure to read this crime novel. Murder found her well through a forged cheque of hers done by Rudy Scherz the rest for the ‘old pussy’ is just the detail. Yet this holiday is unlike the staged one in Dilmouth ( Sleeping Murder, 1976). Mary Mead and spends her time at a luxurious spa hotel ( albeit paid by her generous nephew Raymond West). Yet it is Tiglath Pileser, which shows Miss Marple how the plot was executed.Īfter many years Miss Marple appears to travel outside St. He is perceived to have introduced advanced civil, military and political system. Tiglath-Pileser III, the Assyrian King (745-727 BC). Moreover, he comes to realise something else: some people in the party have lied in their version of events. Is it a coincidence that he died? Did he fire the revolver, which was then found next to his body? What seems like an accidental death worries the Inspector: the whole thing does not seem to make sense. It is clear to to Detective-Inspector Dermot Craddock that there was someone behind all of ‘the joke.’ It was Scherz who posted the advertisement and was to perform at Letitia Blacklock’s house. His being a crook has been noticed prior to his death by an elderly guest none other than Miss Marple.

The deceased is Rudy Scherz, a receptionist at the Royal Spa Hotel in Meldenham Wells. As the lights come on there is a stranger lying dead – at least that is what everybody says none of them have met him before. Three bangs and the ‘the murder party’ ends. Moments after the last guest arrives the lights go out. So they come, having thought of it as a joke. Friends please accept this, the only intimation. Plot: On October 29 t the residents of Chipping Cleghorn are drawn to an unusual advertisement:Ī murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.
