Agatha Christie — A Caribbean Mystery

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting Miss Marple detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, following Marple as she holidays to the Caribbean. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Christie's story takes place at the Golden Palm resort on the Caribbean island of St Honoré, where Miss Marple's nephew has paid for her to holiday after a bout of ill health.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. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with small bump to back strip head. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with significant losses to back strip head and tail and front wrap head. Closed tears to front wrap tail, repaired to the reverse with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.