The final solution, however, surprises the Five Find-Outers almost as much as it surprises Mr Goon the village policeman.

    These novels include The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, The High Window, and The Lady in the Lake.

    by Agatha Christie!1. The Moving Finger, 2. A Murder is Announced, and3. 4:50 from Paddington (aka What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!)If readers have time for only three of the twelve Miss Marple novels, why not take in those that have been ranked among the best? Let's look at the three: poison pen letters are making the rounds in Lymstock; someone placed an advertisement in the personal section of the local paper giving the time and place for a murder, and an elderly woman saw a murder being committed on a passing train but no one, except Jane Marple, believed her.Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection "The Amazing Miss Marple." Each of the individual titles, and the 9 other novels and 20 short stories, can be found elsewhere on Goodreads.

    Possibly there is a market for it among mystery fans, though even in this field the story bogs down in the slow paced unravelling of a murder. The setting is a village in the Highlands (and Walsh handles the feel of place well). The period is that following the Dunkirk evacuation. And the characters include a General of the old aristocracy, his lovely Spanish wife, the Scottish villagers whose half-Spanish nephew, recuperating from Dunkirk, falls in love with the General's wife, and other inhabitants of the Valley.

    Mystery Large Print Edition Romance and mystery adroitly blended.