“Sanctuary”
1954-09-12
short story
By Agatha Christie

Miss Marple


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Synopsis

A man dies at a country church of a gunshot wound. Suicide or murder?

History

First publication: This Week, September 12 - 19, 1954

Alternate title: Murder at the Vicarage.

Review

A very good mystery short story. Even though it is quite short, Christie does an amazing job of establishing characters, place and the mystery. Recommended!


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All of the stories in the Miss Marple series:
Sanctuary
Murder at the Vicarage
The Case of the Caretaker
The Case of the Perfect Maid
Greenshaw’s Folly
“Miss Marple Tells a Story”
Strange Jest
Tape-Measure Murder
“The Tuesday Night Club”
“The Idol of House Astarte”
“Ingots of Gold”
“The Blood-Stained Pavement”
“Motive v. Opportunity”
“The Thumb Mark of St. Peter”
“The Blue Geranium”
“The Companion”
“The Four Suspects”
A Christmas Tragedy
“The Herb of Death”
“The Affair at the Bungalow”
“Death By Drowning”
10 A Carribean Mystery
11 At Bertram’s Hotel
12 Nemesis
13 Sleeping Murder
3 The Body in the Library
4 The Moving Finger
5 A Murder is Announced
6 They do it with Mirrors
7 A Pocket Full of Rye
8 4.50 from Paddington
9 The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side