The Tuesday night club -- The Idol House of Astarte -- Ingots of gold -- The bloodstained pavement -- Motive v. opportunity -- The thumbmark of St. Peter -- The blue geranium -- The companion -- The four suspects -- A Christmas tragedy -- The herb of death -- The affair at the bungalow -- Death by drowning -- Miss Marple tells a story -- Strange jest -- The case of the perfect maid -- The case of the caretaker -- Tape-measure murder -- Greenshaw's folly -- Sanctuary.
Summary
Presents a collection of twenty stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, an amateur sleuth who bases her solutions to crimes on past experiences and on the belief that human nature is the same everywhere.