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    The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Story
    The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Story
    The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Story
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    The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems.

    A dinner party takes a deadly turn when somebody poisons the guests.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 11, 2013
    ISBN9780062298072
    The Herb of Death: A Miss Marple Story
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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      The Herb of Death - Agatha Christie

      Contents

      The Herb of Death

      About the Author

      The Agatha Christie Collection

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      The Herb of Death

      ‘Now then, Mrs B.,’ said Sir Henry Clithering encouragingly.

      Mrs Bantry, his hostess, looked at him in cold reproof.

      ‘I’ve told you before that I will not be called Mrs B. It’s not dignified.’

      ‘Scheherazade, then.’

      ‘And even less am I Sche—what’s her name! I never can tell a story properly, ask Arthur if you don’t believe me.’

      ‘You’re quite good at the facts, Dolly,’ said Colonel Bantry, ‘but poor at the embroidery.’

      ‘That’s just it,’ said Mrs Bantry. She flapped the bulb catalogue she was holding on the table in front of her. ‘I’ve been listening to you all and I don’t know how you do it. He said, she said, you wondered, they thought, everyone implied—well, I just couldn’t and there it is! And besides I don’t know anything to tell a story about.’

      ‘We can’t believe that, Mrs Bantry,’ said Dr Lloyd. He shook his grey head in mocking disbelief.

      Old Miss Marple said in her gentle voice: ‘Surely dear—’

      Mrs Bantry continued obstinately to shake her head.

      ‘You don’t know how banal my life is. What with the servants and the difficulties of getting scullery maids, and just going to town for clothes, and dentists, and Ascot (which Arthur hates) and then the garden—’

      ‘Ah!’ said Dr Lloyd. ‘The garden. We all know where your heart lies, Mrs Bantry.’

      ‘It must be nice

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