The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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The body of a girl is found in Colonel Arthur Bantry’s house. The suspect is the actor Basil Blake, but he swears that he is not to blame. Miss Marple takes over the murder investigation.

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A novel in the «Miss Marple» series. There is a scandal in a small village — the body of a young blonde woman was found in the house of the venerable Colonel Arthur Bantry. No one in the house knows the murdered woman. Mrs. Dolly Bantry calls her close friend Miss Marple and she comes to help in the investigation.

The murdered woman turns out to be a dancer from the hotel, Ruby Keene, identified by her cousin Josephine. Later another body is found in the burnt-out car — it is a high school girl, Pamela Reeves. Failed actor Basil Blake is suspected of the double murder.

During the investigation it was revealed that Ruby was in close contact with the elderly financier Jefferson and he even wanted to include her in his will. Jeffers’ family is dead, leaving only her daughter-in-law and son-in-law Mark. Miss Marple continues to search for clues and discovers that the killers are Mark and Josephine, who are secretly married. Ruby was murdered and burned in the car to keep her out of the will, and Pamela, who looks like her, was planted in Basil’s house. A frightened drunken actor dragged the girl over to Col.