A Caribbean Mystery
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A Caribbean Mystery (published in 1964) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie featuring the detective Miss Marple.
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Plot summary
"Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?", Jane Marple is asked by a stranger whilst on a luxurious holiday in the Caribbean. But before she has a chance to answer, the man vanishes, only to be found dead the next day. But what happened to the photo? Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't the most talked-about guest, a reclusive millionaire, ever leave his room? And will Miss Marple be able to prevent the next murder?Literary significance & criticism
'Liveliness...infectious zest...as good as anything Miss Christie has done!' OBSERVER'There is no more cunning player of the murder game than Agatha Christie' SUNDAY TIMES
'Throws off the false clues and misleading events as only a master of the art can do' NEW YORK TIMES
Trivia
- The millionaire Jason Rafiel appears again, posthumously, in Nemesis.
- This is the only Jane Marple mystery to take place outside of England.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
A 1983 adaptation starred Helen Hayes as Marple; A TV adaptation with Joan Hickson starring in the 1989 version.Footnotes
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