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A Murder is Announced: In a Nutshell

[|Agatha Christie] was arguably the most notable mystery writer of her era (the middle of the 20th century), and she penned a remarkable number of whodunits. As much as it would be great to explain here that __A Murder is Announced__ is set apart from the rest by certain factors, that's really not true. This novel is simply one of 65 Christie mysteries and one of 12 featuring Miss Marple. That said, __A Murder is Announced__ is still a great work of literature, and a great whodunit. It follows classic form--a series of murders occur in a small, isolated, British village, and only the handful of people living there are suspects. The details slowly increase in complexity until all is revealed in the novel's thrilling conclusion. __A Murder is Annouced__ understandably begins with the advertisement of a murder happening that particular day in the local newspaper, the //North Benham News and Chipping Cleghorn Gazette.// From that point, everything is out of control and a race to see who can come to the right conclusion. What really happened? Read to find out.

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