At Bertram's Hotel

Jane Marple is taking a break from the country to stay at the luxurious Bertram's Hotel, a restored London hotel with traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Yet not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day...

Year: 1965
Detective: Miss Marple
Location: London

Cast of characters

Jane Marple. Also: The Honourable Elvira Blake, Mrs. Carpenter, Chief Inspector Fred Davy, Michael (Mickey) Gorman, Miss Gorringe, Sir Ronald Graves, Lady Selina Hazy, Robert Hoffman, Mr. Humfries, Colonel Derek Luscombe, Ladislaus Malinowski, Contessa Martinelli, Mildred Melford, Canon Pennyfather, Lady Bess Sedgwick, Rose, Emma Wheeling, Raymond

Publishing history

Publishing: First published in 1965 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and in 1966 by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. TV: Adapted for television in 1987 by the BBC, and was also shown on PBS in the U.S

Notes and reviews

The hotel in the book was inspired by Brown's Hotel in London where the author was a frequent visitor. For more information about the hotel, which still exists in the heart of Mayfair, London, click the link www.brownshotel.com

Murder methods:

One Gunshot.

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