BBC Radio 4 dramatised the story in 2003 with June Whitfield and the graphic novel adaptation was first published in France in 2005 under the title L'Affaire Protheroe. The novel was adapted for the screen, first with Joan Hickson in 1986 and again in 2004 with Geraldine McEwan in the starring role. I think this is the best you have done - almost". "Dear old Tabbies" she wrote to Christie, "are the only possible right kind of female detective and Miss M is lovely. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. Dorothy L Sayers was particularly complimentary of this novel. Not only are we formally introduced to the village of St Mary Mead and the "Parish cats" otherwise known as Miss Marple and her friends, but several other recurring characters including the vicar and his wife, Leonard and Griselda Clement, who also appeared in The Body in the Library (1942) and 4.50 from Paddington (1957).
Not a book club exactly, The Crime Club was a series of mystery titles published and promoted under the name. It was the first of her mysteries to be published as part of her publisher Collins’ new Crime Club series and the first novel to feature Miss Marple. The Murder at the Vicarage is one of Agatha Christie’s most popular books. One of the most successful and beloved writer of mystery stories, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay, County Devon, England.
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