Book #2 in the Miss Marple series.

It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.

But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?

The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.

Known as the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie created Miss Marple, the sharp-eyed amateur sleuth from St Mary Mead. In these mostly standalone mysteries, Miss Marple draws on her understanding of human nature to solve crimes others overlook. This collection brings together some of Christie’s best-loved Miss Marple novels.