In this classic short story, Miss Marple steps in to investigate when her niece is accused of murdering her violent husband. During the first meeting of the Tuesday Night Club at Miss Jane Marple’s home, her guests present real tales of mystery. Miss Marple is the first to share a story . . . Fifteen years ago, Miss Marple’s niece, Mabel Denman, was married to an abusive and hot-tempered man—until he suddenly died. Was it the mushrooms he ate? Or the arsenic Mabel had recently purchased? While the village gossips were ready to declare Mabel guilty, Miss Marple was determined to clear her niece’s name and set everything straight . . . Originally published in the United States in Detective StoryMagazine in 1928, “The Thumb Mark of St. Peter” appeared in Christie’s short story collection, The Thirteen Problems, in 1932.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, featuring Miss Marple, from the collection Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories. Fifteen years ago, Miss Marple’s niece, Mabel Denman, was accused of murdering her abusive and violent husband. Can Miss Marple clear her niece’s name and reveal the true perpetrator?

Miss Jane Marple is throwing a party, and the guests all have a story to tell--thirteen in all--each involving evil deeds and clever deduction. Reissue.

On Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple's house and the conversations turns to unsolved crimes: the case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the strange case of the invisible will; and the death-bed message about a "heap of fish".

Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A woman is warned by a psychic of the evil and danger in her house. On a full moon, she must watch for the signs: blue primrose means caution, blue hollyhock is danger, and blue geranium is death!

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.