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 in 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, vibrant, with minor edgewear to back strip head, and with spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper back strip and wrap perimeters age toned, with spotting and handling marks to wraps. Small losses of paper to back strip head, with tape reinforcements to dust wrapper reverse at back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with light spotting throughout, including to title page. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.