Miss Marple book 7 · 1957
4.50 from Paddington
An elderly woman on a train sees a woman being strangled in a carriage on a passing train. No body is found, but her friend Miss Marple believes her, and sends a young housekeeper into the house near the railway line.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Miss Marple, book 7 of 12
- Published
- 1957
- Setting
- Set in the fictional St Mary Mead, England
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
4.50 from Paddington on screen
- Miss Marple films (1961–1964, film, Cinema). Margaret Rutherford plays a jolly, energetic Miss Marple in four comic mysteries, beginning with Murder, She Said.
- Miss Marple (1984–1992, series, BBC One). Joan Hickson’s quiet, shrewd Miss Marple, often called the most faithful screen version of Christie’s village sleuth.
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004–2013, series, ITV). Geraldine McEwan and then Julia McKenzie play Miss Marple, in freer adaptations that sometimes place her in Christie mysteries she never originally solved.
Who is in 4.50 from Paddington
2 recurring or key characters from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Lead 1
- Miss MarpleElderly spinster from St Mary Mead
Major 1
- Dermot CraddockDetective inspector, Sir Henry’s godson
Also featuring these characters
Other Agatha Christie books that share the most characters with 4.50 from Paddington.
- A Murder Is Announced1950 · Miss Marple · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon