A Christmas Tragedy

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery

Format: Short Story

Setting: Hotel

Location: England

Recurring Characters: Miss Jane Marple

Synopsis

While visiting Keston Spa Hydro, Miss Marple meets Mr and Mrs Sanders. Certain that Mr Sanders plans to kill his wife, Miss Marple does everything she can to protect the innocent woman. Despite Miss Marple’s best efforts poor Mrs Sanders is killed but her husband has an alibi – could the amateur sleuth have made a mistake?

This story was originally published in Storyteller magazine in January 1930 but it was entitled The Hat and the Alibi. It appears in The Thirteen Problems.

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: MissQuin
"One of my favourite Miss Marple short stories. I think that it could even have been extended to a full length Miss Marple book. I didnt work out the solution."
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