Miss Marple book 3 · 1942
The Moving Finger
A brother and sister rent a house in a quiet village to recover from an injury, and the village is soon flooded with poison-pen letters. Then a woman dies.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Miss Marple, book 3 of 12
- Published
- 1942
- Setting
- Set in the fictional St Mary Mead, England
- Characters charted
- 1
- Chart confidence
- High
The Moving Finger on screen
- 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.
Who is in The Moving Finger
1 recurring or key character from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Major 1
- Miss MarpleElderly spinster from St Mary MeadArrives late in the story