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Two Poisonings.
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Elspeth McGillicuddy was not a woman usually given to hallucinations. But when she witnesses what appears to be a woman being strangled on a train and no-one else sees it, no-one reports it and no corpse is found she turns to her old friend Jane Marple to help solve the puzzle. Marple asks her highly efficient and intelligent young acquaintance, Lucy Eyelesbarrow to infiltrate the Crackenthorpe family, who seem to be at the heart of the mystery, and help unmask a murderer.Year: 1957
Detective: Miss Marple
Location: In a country house
Detective: Miss Marple
Location: In a country house
Cast of characters
Jane Marple and Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock. Also: Inspector Bacon, The Crackenthorpe family: Alfred, Lady Alice, Cedric, Emma, Harold and Luther, Armand Dessin, Alexander and Bryan Eastley, Miss Ellis, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, Florence Hill, Madame Joliet, Mrs. Kidder, Elspeth McGillicuddy, Dr. Morris, Dr. Quimper, Lady and James Stoddard-West, Anna Stravinska, David West, Mr. WimbournePublishing history
Publishing: First published in 1957 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and as 'What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!' by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. TV: Adapted in 1988 by the BBC and also shown on PBS in the U.S. Film: The feature film adapted from this novel, entitled 'Murder She Said', was released by MGM in 1962 and starred Margaret Rutherford as Jane Marple.Notes and reviews
The introduction of Lucy Eyelesbarrow as a sidekick to Marple was lauded by critics when the book came out, but Marple did not work with her again.Murder methods:
One Strangling.Two Poisonings.
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