{"product_id":"the-murder-at-the-vicarage-a-miss-marple-mystery-9780063440012","title":"The Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery comes the first Miss Marple mystery wherein a dead body in a clergyman's study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide--now with a stunning new look and special foreword by Lucy Foley.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where under the seemingly peaceful exterior of an English country village lurks intrigue, guilt, deception and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing land-owner is the most detested man in the village. Everyone--even in the vicar--wishes he were dead. And very soon he is--shot in the head in the vicar's own study. Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues that will lead to the unmasking of the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoley, Lucy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucy Foley\u003c\/strong\u003e studied English Literature at Durham University and University College London and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry. She is the author of seven novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Feast\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Apartment\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guest List\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Hunting Party.\u003c\/em\u003e She lives in England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristie, Agatha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAgatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623982858514,"sku":"9780063440012","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79f86e2a-04ee-4283-a341-0c4da92dbc8c.jpg?v=1758651085","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-murder-at-the-vicarage-a-miss-marple-mystery-9780063440012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}