Sleeping Murder
UK
Collins, London, Oct. 1976
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1976

Plot

Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs...
In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a 'perfect' crime committed many years before.

Contents

1. A House • 2. Wallpaper • 3. 'Cover her face...' • 4. Helen? • 5. Murder in Retrospect • 6. Exercise in Detection • 7. Dr Kennedy • 8. Kelvin Halliday's Delusion • 9. Unknown Factor? • 10. A Case History • 11. The Men in Her Life • 12. Lily Kimble • 13. Walter Fane • 14. Edith Pagett • 15. An Address • 16. Mother's Son • 17. Richard Erskine • 18. Bindweed • 19. Mr Kimble Speaks • 20. The Girl Helen • 21. J. J. Afflick • 22. Lily Keeps an Appointment • 23. Which of Them? • 24. The Monkey's Paws • 25. Postscript at Torquay

Characters

Miss Jane Marple • Raymond West • Joan West • Gwenda Reed • Giles Reed • Mrs Cocker • Mr Foster • Kevin Halliday • Dr James Kennedy • Dr Penrose • Walter Fane • Mrs Fane • Edith Paget • Lily Kimble • Richard Erskine • Jackie Afflick • Mrs Hengrave • Mr Sims • Jim Kimble • Mr Galbraith • Janet Erskine • Det.Insp.Last

Films & TV

Sleeping Murder, BBC/UK, 1987
Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE
SLEEPING MURDER, NHK/JP, 2005
Meitantei POIROT to MARPLE
Sleeping Murder, ITV/UK, 2006
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 2
Un meurtre en sommeil, FR, 2012
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 1

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