Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories [8 stories]

A collection of Miss Marple mysteries, plus some bonus short stories! First, the mystery man in the church with a bullet-wound! then, the riddle of a dead man's buried treasure! the curious conduct oif a caretaker after a fatal riding accident! the corpse and a tape-measure! the girl framed for theft! and the suspect accused of stabbing his wife with a dagger. Six gripping cases with one thing in common -- the astonishing deductive powers of Miss Marple. Also includes two non-Marple mysteries, 'The Dressmaker's Doll' and 'In a Glass Darkly'. "Miss Marple always makes a point of 'taking an interest' in other people's affairs, though nothing engages her curiosity quite as much as sudden death, scandal, blackmail or murder. A wounded man in a church, buried treasure, a fatal riding accident, a corpse and a tape-measure, a girl framed for theft, a suspect with a dagger, a gruesome murder in a rockery ... All cases to be relished by the astonishing Miss Jane Marple - and two additional mysteries which remain unexplained ..."--Publisher description. SUMMARY: A highly recognized sleuth, Miss Marple unravels seven engaging mysteries, among them: ''Tape Measure Murder,'' about an ordinary housewife found dead; ''Case of the Perfect Maid,'' where a servant turns up missing; ''Case of the Caretaker,'' in which Miss Marple's doctor procures a very strange remedy for the flu; ''Miss Marple Tells a Story,'' where a husband faces a trial for his wife's murder, and ''Greenshaw's Folly,'' about men becoming privy to a will that spawns a bizarre murder. Despite the title, the stories collected here recount cases from the middle of Miss Marple's career. They are: 'Sanctuary'; 'Strange Jest'; 'Tape-Measure Murder'; 'The Case of the Caretaker'; 'The Case of the Perfect Maid'; 'Miss Marple Tells a Story'; 'The Dressmaker's Doll'; 'In a Glass Darkly'; 'Greenshaw's Folly.'