Strange Jest and Other Stories: Captivating murder mystery crime stories

First released on cassette tape in 1993, these archive recordings of six short stories from the book Miss Marple’s Final Cases feature Joan Hickson as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. First, the mystery man in the church with a bullet-wound… then, the riddle of a dead man’s buried treasure… the curious conduct of a caretaker after a fatal riding accident… the corpse and a tape-measure… the girl framed for theft… and the suspect accused of stabbing his wife with a dagger. Recorded thirty years ago after the BBC finished filming the series Miss Marple, these final short stories were read by Joan Hickson when she was nearly 87 years old and capture the warmth and nostalgia of a bygone age. Due to the archival nature of these recordings, the quality may vary. Newer recordings of Miss Marple’s Final Cases, read by Juliet Stevenson, are also available. Strange Jest and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, the classic Sunday Times bestselling author, is a collection of the best crime thrillers. Her traditional sleuths, with their amateur detective skills, navigate through the mysteries, making her a top author in the genre of detective fiction. For fans of Richard Osman (We Solve Murders), Anthony Horowitz (The Twist of a Knife), M. C. Beaton (Death of a Prankster), Alexandra Benedict (Death Comes at Christmas), and Daphne Du Maurier (The Birds And Other Stories).