About the book: a year / In the life of the small town of St. Mary Mead - an event! The famous director and his movie star wife bought a mansion here. However, the housewarming reception was overshadowed: poison was slipped into the glass of a respectable local resident. When the police are powerless, the incomparable Miss Marple appears on the scene - only her sharp mind and knowledge of human nature can help solve the murder.