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A Murder is Announced

By Agatha Christie
Series: Marple
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An ordinary village A shocking announcement

A Miss Marple Mystery of Deadly Games and British Village Secrets

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008832773

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Edition: Special edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 320

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Agatha Christie Classic Crime & Mystery Fiction Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Comfort Reads Cosy Crime Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Historical Crime & Mystery Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Pre-order Books Pre-order General Fiction Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: Marple

About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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