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The Moving Finger is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the USA by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 [ 1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943. [ 2] The US edition retailed at $2.00 [ 1] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence. [ 2]
- Agatha Christie
- 1942
Feb 12, 2006 · A TV adaptation of Christie's novel about a series of poison pen letters and murders in a quiet English village. Starring Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, James D'Arcy as a war veteran, and Ken Russell as a local eccentric.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Tom Shankland
- 2006-02-12
A 1985 adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. She investigates a series of poison pen letters and murders in a friendly village.
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- 1985-02-21
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 51
A Miss Marple mystery about poison pen letters in a village. The title comes from a poem by Omar Khayyám, which Agatha Christie admired.
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie is a Miss Marple murder mystery set in a village plagued by a Poison Pen, i.e. an anonymous letter troll. We see the story through the perspective of a pilot recuperating from an injury in the quiet countryside with his sister, but is soon drawn into the accusatory and suspicious environment prevalent.
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- Paperback
The Moving Finger is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie which was first serialised in the US in Collier's Weekly in 28 Mar 1942. The story was also serialised in the UK in Woman's Pictorial from 17 Oct 1942. The book was first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943. The U.S. edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK ...
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Aug 29, 2016 · THE MOVING FINGER is the third of Christie’s Miss Marple novels, but despite this fact, Miss Marple herself barely appears at all! The plot is classic Christie fare – a suicide that might not be a suicide, a murder that requires broken alibis to solve, and a solution that is clever and seems obvious once you find it out.
