First published in the collection Miss Marple’s Final Cases, these three delightfully clever tales will keep you guessing till the end. However, just as her lawyer friend hoped, the fluffy old lady manages to see a few things that everyone else missed and ends up saving his bacon. Five paperback editions were issued from November 1980 to the most recent in April 2010 by Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, ISBN 1444802348 / 9781444802344. The edition I have has only the original six but I dug out two others from other Christie short story collections that I have so it’s sort of a “cheat” marking this one as “read” since I have missed “Dressmaker’s Doll”.

Some of them have pretty obvious solutions, others not so, while still others aren’t even mysteries at all but supernatural short stories hidden within this collection, and have absolutely nothing to do with Miss Marple.A superb first edition copy of these final six Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie, gripping murder mystery tales. Because Bunch ends up becoming almost the protagonist in the story, she is involved in nearly all the action. Six superb short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's favourite sleuth, never before published in the UK in book-form. So after a Christmas of numerous Poirots on tv, I thought I’d finally finish my challenge, 13 months late. Ova pripovetka ima skoro identični zaplet kao roman Beskrajna noć,samo pročišćen i bez predugog uvoda.

The Tape-Measure Murder: First published in issue 614 of the Strand Magazine in February 1942 under the title of The Case of the Retired Jeweller. To be honest it felt a bit like Manx Gold because in that one you have two cousins who want to get married but have to hunt for the treasure that their rich old relative leaves for them, as well. I especially like the first story in the book, Sanctuary, that features her god daughter Bunch, a vicar's wife who comes across a dying man in the church.

The Tape-Measure Murder and Sanctuary had a bit more of an oomph to them, having more complex backstories or a standout feature of the murder.