Miss Marple

Outside St. Mary Mead, the strangled body of a dancer named Ruby turns up in the library of Col. Bantry.

Miss Marple wonders why so many people want to confess to the death of unpopular Col. Protheroe.

Miss Marple's bloodhound instincts are triggered when a friend witnesses a murder on a passing train.

A newspaper notice, saying a murder will take place on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at Little Paddocks, draws an amused crowd, then the crime actually happens.

Miss Marple helps Gwenda Reed to unravel the story behind her recurring vision of a woman.

Although a note and poison-pen letter lie beside the body, Miss Marple doubts that a death is a suicide.