Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie - 1976

ont> The Crime Club : London, 1976 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition.. The first edition of this Miss Marple detective fiction novel by the Queen of Crime Fiction, Agatha Christie. Published posthumously, but written in the 1940's. This was the final 'new' Agatha Christie novel to be published. This novel is set in the 1930's where Miss Marple aids a young couple who choose to uncover events in the wife's past life, and not let sleeping murder life. Christie's well known elderly detective, Miss Marple, was based on her own step-Grandmother and her cronies. Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific crime writers of the twentieth century. Her work consists of 66 detective novels, 150 short stories and 19 plays; she is the writer of the world's longest running play, The Mousetrap which has been on stage since 1952. Christie is also one of the bestselling novelists of all time and her works rank highly in the most-widely published books. Condition: In the original cloth binding and held in original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with little to no shelfwear. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine as well as to the flyleaves. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Fine in a Very Good Indeed dustwrapper.