In the seemingly peaceful village of St. Mary Mead, everyone knows everyone—and everyone is watching. When Colonel Protheroe is found murdered in the vicar’s study, the village’s orderly routines fracture, revealing long-simmering resentments and carefully hidden truths.

Told through the wry, fallible voice of the vicar and sharpened by the unobtrusive brilliance of Miss Jane Marple, the investigation unfolds as a study in human nature as much as a puzzle of clues. Appearances deceive, motives multiply, and justice arrives from the least expected direction.