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Sleeping Murder

50th Anniversary Edition
By Agatha Christie
Series: Marple
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Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there’s something strange about this house. A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled. But strangest of all – this all seems quite familiar. As her... Read More
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Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

As soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there’s something strange about this house.

A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled.

But strangest of all – this all seems quite familiar.

As her friend Jane Marple investigates, the answer seems to lie in a crime committed nearly twenty years ago. The killer may have gotten away with murder. But Miss Marple is never far behind.

Never underestimate Miss Marple

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008804718

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Edition: Special edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 272

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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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