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This Collins English Reader presents readers with an abridged version of Agatha Christie’s crime novel: The Murder at the Vicarage. This is the first novel to feature the elderly spinster detective, Miss Marple. Summary of the Book Everyone at St. Mary Mead hates Colonel Lucius Protheroe. The local Vicar even admits that if the Colonel is killed, it would only be a service to the town. His statement turns prophetic as the Colonel is found dead in the Vicar’s study. Two people separately confess to the crime and no one knows who is the real murderer. It is up to the elderly spinster Jane Marple to crack this strange case. This Collins English Reader presents an abridgement of the original text, intended for English language learners. It includes a CD with a reading of the abridged story and other assistive features. About Agatha Christie Agatha Christie was an English novelist best known for her murder mystery novels. She created several best-selling storylines with timeless characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence, and Parker Pyne. Some of her best known books are Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, And Then There Were None, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Series Reading Order Miss Marple returns in The Body in the Library.