The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

When Mrs Bantry is woken on the discovery of a murdered girl in her library, there's only one woman to call: her good friend Miss Jane Marple, who is so very good at solving murders. Her investigations uncover a scandal far darker than either of them could have imagined...

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Christie called it “the best opening I ever wrote” (Life, 1956). The Times Literary Supplement said “Some devoted souls may sigh for Hercule Poirot but there are bound to be others who will be glad to find his place taken in the ‘new Agatha Christie’ by Miss Marple. What this relief signifies is that professional detectives are no match for elderly spinsters.”