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First published in Great Britain by Collins, The Crime Club 1950
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Version: 2018-07-05
To Ralph and Anne Newman
at whose house I first tasted
‘Delicious Death!’
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Murder is Announced
Chapter 2: Breakfast at Little Paddocks
Chapter 4: The Royal Spa Hotel
Chapter 5: Miss Blacklock and Miss Bunner
Chapter 6: Julia, Mitzi and Patrick
Chapter 7: Among Those Present
Chapter 11: Miss Marple Comes to Tea
Chapter 12: Morning Activities in Chipping Cleghorn
Chapter 13: Morning Activities in Chipping Cleghorn (Continued)
Chapter 14: Excursion into The Past
Chapter 16: Inspector Craddock Returns
Chapter 19: Reconstruction of the Crime
Chapter 20: Miss Marple is Missing
Chapter 23: Evening at the Vicarage