A Murder is Announced

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A Murder is Announced is a classic Miss Marple detective novel by Agatha Christie, centered on a village newspaper notice that chillingly predicts the time and place of an impending murder.

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instanceOf Miss Marple novel
crime fiction work
novel
adaptedAs radio drama
stage play
television drama
author Agatha Christie NERFINISHED
centralEvent murder foretold in a village newspaper
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist notably varied by edition
featuresCharacter Dora Bunner NERFINISHED
Inspector Craddock NERFINISHED
Jane Marple NERFINISHED
Letitia Blacklock NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn United Kingdom NERFINISHED
followedBy They Do It with Mirrors NERFINISHED
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasCriticalReception considered one of the classic Miss Marple mysteries
hasISBN 9780007120840
hasMotiveTheme inheritance and greed
hasTheme deception
identity
post-war social change
secrets in small communities
includedIn collected editions of Miss Marple novels
language English
literaryGenre whodunit
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainCharacter Miss Marple NERFINISHED
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor portrayal of English village life
use of a newspaper notice to announce a murder in advance
partOfFranchise Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories NERFINISHED
plotDevice newspaper announcement of a murder
precededBy The Body in the Library NERFINISHED
protagonistRole amateur sleuth
publicationDate 1950
publisher Collins Crime Club NERFINISHED
series Miss Marple NERFINISHED
setting Chipping Cleghorn NERFINISHED
settingType fictional English village
timePeriodOfSetting post-World War II England

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Agatha Christie notableWork A Murder is Announced