Agatha Christie
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"Who's that in the frilly cap and apron, toting a tea tray? Not a pert French maid, but spinster sleuth Miss Marple in disguise. And it's not Darjeeling that's caught her interest -- it's murder! Margaret Rutherford makes her first appearance in this sly, engaging mystery based on Agatha Christie's 4:50 from Paddington. Comfily ensconced in her railway carriage, Miss Marple sees a strangulation aboard a passing train, then follows a trail of baffling...
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Ten people--eight strangers and two married domestics--attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. Each has unwittingly been invited to his or her own murder. A familiar nursery rhyme of ten Indian figurines is affixed to a serving plate at the castle. After the fatal poisoning of a guest, one figurine goes missing. One down, nine to go.
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"Margaret Rutherford returns as amateur detective Miss Marple. 'But he was murdered, wasn't he?' What a frightfully un-British comment to make at the reading of the will. But that's dotty Aunt Cora for you. Then a mysterious hand offs Aunt Cora, and suddenly the old girl's observation doesn't seem quite so dotty after all. This time Rutherford is joined by a perfect partner, the droll Robert Morley. Together they canter along a country lane, ankle...
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"The Cosgood Players are knocking them dead. Literallly. No matter what's on the playbill, the shabby repertory company seems to specialize in mysteries as members of the troupe shuffle off this mortal coil in alarmingly rapid succession. Luckily, the players have a detective in the cast: their newest (if not quite an ingenue) thespian, the redoubtable Miss Marple. Margaret Rutherford takes her final bow as Miss Marple in an ingenious baffler abounding...
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"The brain-teasing tale of a serial killer who chooses his/her victims in alphabetical order. As quickly as you can say ABC, Hercule Poirot is on the case, pursuing gorgeous Amanda Beatrice Cross who confesses to the crimes in Poirot's Turkish bath. Poirot is shocked. After all, the ladies have their own facility elsewhere in the building! A befuddled British intelligence officer galumphs along in Poirot's wake. Surprise cameos from the Miss Marple...