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A Caribbean Mystery
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A Caribbean Mystery
Agatha Christie
An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed…As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened.Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier’s yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major’s attention wandered. He never did finished the story…
Copyright (#u334b7e97-278a-5f1e-87f8-037eef698fd1)
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
First published in Great Britain by Collins, The Crime Club 1964
A Caribbean Mystery™ is a trade mark of Agatha Christie Limited
and Agatha Christie® Marple® and the Agatha Christie Signature are
registered trade marks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and elsewhere.
Copyright © 1964 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.
www.agathachristie.com (http://www.agathachristie.com)
Cover by designedbydavid.co.uk (http://designedbydavid.co.uk) © HarperCollins/Agatha Christie Ltd 2016
Agatha Christie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
Source ISBN: 9780008196608
Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007422203
Version 2017-04-11
Dedication (#u334b7e97-278a-5f1e-87f8-037eef698fd1)
To my old friend
John Cruikshank Rose
with happy memories of my
visit to the West Indies
Table of Contents
Cover (#ucdb58c9c-5cbe-58b2-a495-008dc5cd71ca)
Title Page (#u86223749-5f33-5436-a2b3-241600c6a8a1)
Copyright (#ua9421f60-89a2-57e8-9eab-616cc3883209)
Dedication (#u617a1f2b-81f4-55af-ada8-c405e655fcc4)
Chapter 1: Major Palgrave Tells a Story (#u2a9003af-f5ac-5ff6-9353-5b5c0b067dee)
Chapter 2: Miss Marple Makes Comparisons (#u683675e1-4ec0-5c4d-aa39-baa616dc8e27)
Chapter 3: A Death in the Hotel (#u869485e5-468c-5c38-bd5d-d07d229bc2e5)
Chapter 4: Miss Marple Seeks Medical Attention (#u5245cbd5-f960-5e55-bb37-be150b03e9fb)
Chapter 5: Miss Marple Makes a Decision (#u20aac57a-47d7-522f-939f-2a2785ef55d4)
Chapter 6: In the Small Hours (#u10e0c01f-5cfb-5494-b3c2-1bf26c0d7fd7)
Chapter 7: Morning on the Beach (#u8e7deda6-d6a8-5cb8-876a-3d9437dc36d7)
Chapter 8: A Talk with Esther Walters (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 9: Miss Prescott and Others (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 10: A Decision in Jamestown (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11: Evening at the Golden Palm (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12: Old Sins Cast Long Shadows (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13: Exit Victoria Johnson (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14: Inquiry (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15: Inquiry Continued (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16: Miss Marple Seeks Assistance (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17: Mr Rafiel Takes Charge (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18: Without Benefit of Clergy (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19: Uses of a Shoe (#litres_trial_promo)
Agatha Christie
An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed…As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened.Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier’s yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major’s attention wandered. He never did finished the story…
Copyright (#u334b7e97-278a-5f1e-87f8-037eef698fd1)
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
First published in Great Britain by Collins, The Crime Club 1964
A Caribbean Mystery™ is a trade mark of Agatha Christie Limited
and Agatha Christie® Marple® and the Agatha Christie Signature are
registered trade marks of Agatha Christie Limited in the UK and elsewhere.
Copyright © 1964 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.
www.agathachristie.com (http://www.agathachristie.com)
Cover by designedbydavid.co.uk (http://designedbydavid.co.uk) © HarperCollins/Agatha Christie Ltd 2016
Agatha Christie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
Source ISBN: 9780008196608
Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007422203
Version 2017-04-11
Dedication (#u334b7e97-278a-5f1e-87f8-037eef698fd1)
To my old friend
John Cruikshank Rose
with happy memories of my
visit to the West Indies
Table of Contents
Cover (#ucdb58c9c-5cbe-58b2-a495-008dc5cd71ca)
Title Page (#u86223749-5f33-5436-a2b3-241600c6a8a1)
Copyright (#ua9421f60-89a2-57e8-9eab-616cc3883209)
Dedication (#u617a1f2b-81f4-55af-ada8-c405e655fcc4)
Chapter 1: Major Palgrave Tells a Story (#u2a9003af-f5ac-5ff6-9353-5b5c0b067dee)
Chapter 2: Miss Marple Makes Comparisons (#u683675e1-4ec0-5c4d-aa39-baa616dc8e27)
Chapter 3: A Death in the Hotel (#u869485e5-468c-5c38-bd5d-d07d229bc2e5)
Chapter 4: Miss Marple Seeks Medical Attention (#u5245cbd5-f960-5e55-bb37-be150b03e9fb)
Chapter 5: Miss Marple Makes a Decision (#u20aac57a-47d7-522f-939f-2a2785ef55d4)
Chapter 6: In the Small Hours (#u10e0c01f-5cfb-5494-b3c2-1bf26c0d7fd7)
Chapter 7: Morning on the Beach (#u8e7deda6-d6a8-5cb8-876a-3d9437dc36d7)
Chapter 8: A Talk with Esther Walters (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 9: Miss Prescott and Others (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 10: A Decision in Jamestown (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 11: Evening at the Golden Palm (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 12: Old Sins Cast Long Shadows (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 13: Exit Victoria Johnson (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 14: Inquiry (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 15: Inquiry Continued (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 16: Miss Marple Seeks Assistance (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 17: Mr Rafiel Takes Charge (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 18: Without Benefit of Clergy (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19: Uses of a Shoe (#litres_trial_promo)
