The Murder at the Vicarage : Book 1

Author: Agatha Christie

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 12 March 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Marple' series.

Hardback | 320 pages
205 x 136 x 29 | 360g

A quiet English village

A shocking murder

An unlikely detective…

Nobody liked Colonel Protheroe.

So when he’s found dead in the vicarage study, there’s no absence of suspects in the seemingly peaceful village of St Mary Mead.

In fact, Jane Marple can think of at least seven.

As gossip abounds in the parlours and kitchens of the parish, everyone becomes an amateur detective.

The police dismiss her as a prying busybody, but only the ingenious Miss Marple can uncover the truth …