Sleeping Murder

Sleeping Murder
Agatha Christie

The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past…Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs…In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a ‘perfect’ crime committed many years before.

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Source ISBN: 9780008196639

Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007422814

Version: 2017-04-11

Contents

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Title Page (#uef6b1eca-d8d5-50b0-bbef-0c4c61a4a411)

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1. A House (#ud59e7c4d-7c21-59e6-9603-8916cd73cf85)

2. Wallpaper (#u01470d47-c2ca-52ca-b85a-97b7e8cf471d)

3. ‘Cover her face …’ (#u80ae9965-f98d-590c-98d3-e6fc2a12b436)

4. Helen? (#u6de28fad-b128-57bc-8274-62e69574cd67)

5. Murder in Retrospect (#u91d8ea68-c53d-5d43-b21d-c08ebe58c03c)

6. Exercise in Detection (#uf37f5651-bf69-5c12-9c4f-dc1cc6cb73ff)

7. Dr Kennedy (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Kelvin Halliday’s Delusion (#litres_trial_promo)

9. Unknown Factor? (#litres_trial_promo)

10. A Case History (#litres_trial_promo)

11. The Men in Her Life (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Lily Kimble (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Walter Fane (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Edith Pagett (#litres_trial_promo)

15. An Address (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Mother’s Son (#litres_trial_promo)

17. Richard Erskine (#litres_trial_promo)

18. Bindweed (#litres_trial_promo)

19. Mr Kimble Speaks (#litres_trial_promo)

20. The Girl Helen (#litres_trial_promo)

21. J. J. Afflick (#litres_trial_promo)

22. Lily Keeps an Appointment (#litres_trial_promo)

23. Which of Them? (#litres_trial_promo)

24. The Monkey’s Paws (#litres_trial_promo)

25. Postscript at Torquay (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Agatha Christie (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)