“Sanctuary”
1954-09-12
short story
By Agatha Christie
1954-09-12
short story
By Agatha Christie
Alternate Titles:
“Murder at the Vicarage”
Miss Marple
Synopsis
A man dies at a country church of a gunshot wound. Suicide or murder?
History
First publication: This Week, September 12 - 19, 1954
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!
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
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