{"product_id":"murder-at-the-vicarage-9798888977675","title":"Murder at the Vicarage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder at the Vicarage\u003c\/i\u003e (1930) is legendary mystery author Agatha Christie's 10th novel and the introduction of the indomitable Miss Marple. The novel opens with wealthy and abrasive Colonel Lucius Protheroe found dead, slumped over the writing desk in his study, plunging the quiet village of St Mary Mead is into chaos.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authorities are unable to piece together the evidence, with multiple people offering confessions that are determined to be dubious and circumstantial evidence pointing in a thousand different directions, none of which prove fruitful. In this desperate time, an unlikely sleuth arises: the old spinster Miss Marple. Her methods of crime solving are unconventional by genre standards, eschewing steely logic for her keen instinct towards human nature and her decades’ long experience with the village and its inhabitants to sus out the true killer. Christie would go on to write eleven more Miss Marple stories, further honing the unabashed spinster’s sharp tongue and even sharper wit. The series acts as a necessary counterpoint to the cold logic of Detective Poirot, with Miss Marple showing that true justice is not only found through cold hard facts, but also through intuition, personal insight, and pattern recognition that can only be honed through years of lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Agatha Christie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284013560059,"sku":"9798888977675","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/murder-at-the-vicarage-9798888977675","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}