DETECTIVE: Miss Jane Marple
OTHER CHARACTERS: Reverend Leonard & Griselda Clement, Colonel & Anne Protheroe, Lettice Protheroe, Lawrence Redding, Dennis Eady, Mr. Hawes, Mrs. Price-Ridley, Dr. Haydock, Mrs. Lestrange, Raymond West, Dr. Stone, Caroline Wetherby, Archer, Colonel Melchett, Inspector Slack
SUMMARY: It all begins when Reverend Clement walks into his office and discovers Colonel Protheroe dead from a bullet to the head. As there was no one in the village of St. Mary Mead who liked the colonel, there is no shortage of suspects. Two false confessions to the murder further complicate the matter. It's up to the eldery Miss Marple to sort fact from fiction and bring the killer to justice.
NUMBER OF DEATHS: 1
METHOD OF MURDER: shooting