Ranked #9 in Agatha Christie, Ranked #15 in Whodunnit — see more rankings.
Murder at the Vicarage marks the debut of Agatha Christie’s unflappable and much beloved female detective, Miss Jane Marple. With her gift for sniffing out the malevolent side of human nature, Miss Marple is led on her first case to a crime scene at the local vicarage. Colonel Protheroe, the magistrate whom everyone in town hates, has been shot through the head. No one heard the shot. There are no leads. Yet, everyone surrounding the vicarage seems to have a reason to want the Colonel dead. It is a race against the clock as Miss Marple sets out on the twisted trail of the mysterious... more
Rankings by Category
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #20 in British Mystery
- #67 in Crime
- #67 in Crime Fiction
- #36 in Crime Mystery
- #27 in Detective
- #44 in Detective Series
- #40 in English Writer
- #47 in Murder
- #28 in Murder Mystery
- #32 in Mystery
- #42 in Mystery Crime
- #68 in Nook