Agatha Christie — A Caribbean Mystery

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1964. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the first edition of Marple's detective novel, as she sets off for a summer holiday to the Caribbean. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original binding with unclipped dust wrapper.Sent to the Golden Palm resort on the idyllic Caribbean island of St Honoré by her nephew after a bout of ill health, Miss Marple discovers an insidious murder.The novel saw rave reviews, with The Observer noting that Christie was 'very near her best unputdownable form [..] Suspicion nicely distributed among guests, many of them raffish adulterers [with] good varied characterisation including a particularly excellent octogenarian tycoon&apos. Bound in the publisher's original binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Bumping only to head of spine and upper joint. Front hinge just starting. Dust wrapper, almost excellent. Slight soiling to lower front panel with heavier soiling to rear wrap. Minor creasing at spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.