#114 in Crime & mystery
A Murder Is Announced
- 258
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- TV film 2004
- On screen
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Our view
“A Murder Is Announced” is Miss Marple in sharp form: a small-town puzzle that opens with a killing advertised in advance. Her method of reading suspects through people she has long known gives the solution its logic, and anyone who guesses the culprit may still be surprised by the motive. Some readers find the refugee cook, written as comic relief, an uncomfortable portrait today.
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About the book
A Murder Is Announced is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1950 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in the same month. The UK edition sold for eight shillings and sixpence (8/6) and the US edition at $2.50.
Reading order · Miss Marple
Full order & progress →- The Murder at the VicarageStart here
7.87.8 / 10 - The Body in the Library
7.57.5 / 10 - The Moving Finger
7.57.5 / 10 - A Murder Is AnnouncedThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - They Do It with Mirrors
7.57.5 / 10 - A Pocket Full of Rye
7.77.7 / 10 - 4.50 from Paddington
7.67.6 / 10 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
7.77.7 / 10 - A Caribbean Mystery
7.47.4 / 10 - At Bertram's Hotel
7.37.3 / 10 - Nemesis
7.67.6 / 10 - Sleeping Murder
7.67.6 / 10
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- TV filmMiss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 240 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 62% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 22 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 218 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Murder Is Announced?
It has 258 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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