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A Caribbean Mystery Christie, Agatha First edition,

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Title: A Caribbean Mystery

Author: Christie, Agatha

London: The Crime Club,

Hard Cover. London: The Crime Club, 1964. First Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included. More

20th Century Literature; British Literature; Fiction; Modern Firsts; Women's Literature

First edition, first printing. Publisher's red and black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; in the original pictorial dust jacket. Near fine book, light rubbing to extremities; in an about very good dust jacket, toned to extremities and with a few stains to spine, larger stain to rear panel, minor chipping to top edge. A Caribbean Mystery begins when Miss Marple, after a brief illness in her old age, travels to the Caribbean on a holiday. At her resort, she meets an elderly man who says he can show her a picture of a murderer who was never caught, but who is hesitant to speak openly in his surroundings. Before Miss Marple sees the photo, the man is found dead. The circumstances become more complicated when a maid is killed and a woman is found to have been poisoned, and Miss Marple must work quickly to find the killer.

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