Mystery

4:50 from Paddington

by Agatha Christie · Miss Marple series

A woman witnesses a murder from a passing train, but the body vanishes before police arrive. Miss Marple organizes an investigation when official channels dismiss the claim. Christie at her most ingeniously plotted, with railway timetables as crucial as motive.

Miss Marple in reading order

• 1. Murder at the Vicarage — Agatha Christie
• 2. The Body in the Library — Agatha Christie
• 5. They Do It With Mirrors — Agatha Christie
• 6. A Pocket Full of Rye — Agatha Christie
• 7. 4:50 from Paddington — Agatha Christie
• 9. A Caribbean Mystery (Miss Marple, #9) — Agatha Christie
• 11. At Bertram's Hotel — Agatha Christie
• 12. Nemesis — Agatha Christie

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