The body of a young woman is found on the hearth rug in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel Arthur and Dolly Bantry. The woman has heavy makeup, platinum-blonde hair, and wears a …

The Body in the Library: Directed by Andy Wilson. With Geraldine McEwan, Ian Richardson, Tara Fitzgerald, Jamie Theakston. Dolly Bantry calls upon her old friend Miss Marple when the strangled …

Read 8,935 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their l…

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A mysterious murder in a library prompts an investigation to uncover the truth.

The novel’s title was an in-joke between Agatha Christie and her character Ariadne Oliver, who reveals in Christie’s earlier work Cards on the Table, that she herself had written a crime novel titled The …

May 3, 2025 · Enjoy Christie's playful take on the "body in the library" cliché, using a highly improbable victim in a highly conventional setting to launch a compelling mystery that keeps you guessing.

The light of a fine autumn day flooded the room. âI did not dream it,â said Mrs. Bantry firmly. âGet up at once, Arthur, and go downstairs and see about it.â âYou want me to go downstairs and ask if …

Miss Marple helps her neighbours the Bantrys when a girl is found dead in their library. The girl is traced to a seaside resort and the desperate family of a wealthy old man.

Dolly Bantry enlists Miss Marple's help after she and her husband find the body of a mystery woman in their library.