The strangled body of a young dancer is found murdered in the library of Gossington Hall. Dolly Bantry calls in Miss Marple for help.

Miss Marple is curious when a number of individuals come forward to confess to the death of unpopular Col Protheroe.

When Elspeth McGillicuddy sees a woman on a train being strangled, the authorities think that she has been dreaming, but her old friend Miss Marple knows better.

Agatha investigates the curious announcement of a murder in the personal columns of the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette.

When Gwenda Halliday moves in to the home of her dreams, she begins to see ghostly apparitions. Then it is discovered that Gwenda grew up in the house and the mystery becomes more sinister when she and Miss Marple realise that an unsolved murder was committed there.

Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir. When Mona Symmington commits suicide as a result of one of the letters, Miss Marple believes that there is more to the case than meets the eye.