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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dr. Haydock, the village physician, is an extremely kind and caring man, and at one point expresses the opinion that criminals are just sick people in need of care rather than punishment. [[spoiler: When he learns of Redding's plot to frame and murder Hawes - who is suffering the after effects of Sleeping Sickness - he's only too happy to help the police catch him. ]]
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* StockingFiller: Rev. Clement cannot help but notice when Miss Clam sits and crosses her legs, "which were encased in shiny pink stockings."

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* StockingFiller: Rev. Clement cannot help but notice when Miss Clam Cram sits and crosses her legs, "which were encased in shiny pink stockings."



* ThisIsReality: Invoked by Marple in how she was onto [[spoiler: Redding]] was the culprit.

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''The Murder at the Vicarage'' is a detective novel by Creator/AgathaChristie, the first novel to feature Literature/MissMarple, the [[BlatantLies harmless]] old lady who lives at the [[StepfordSuburbia idyllic]] village of St Mary Mead and [[MysteryMagnet just happens]] to [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates constantly bump into murders]]. The character had debuted in short story collection ''Literature/TheThirteenProblems'', which immediately established her as an excellent criminologist.

Miss Marple is notable for her ability to draw parallels between murder mysteries and ordinary village incidents. She is Christie's second most famous detective, but the author's favourite.

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''The Murder at the Vicarage'' is a 1930 detective novel by Creator/AgathaChristie, Creator/AgathaChristie. It is the first novel to feature Literature/MissMarple, the [[BlatantLies harmless]] old lady who lives at the [[StepfordSuburbia idyllic]] village of St Mary Mead and [[MysteryMagnet just happens]] to [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates constantly bump into murders]]. The (The character had previously debuted in short stories, which were later published together as story collection ''Literature/TheThirteenProblems'', which immediately established her as an excellent criminologist.

Miss Marple is notable for her ability to draw parallels between murder mysteries and ordinary village incidents. She is Christie's second most famous detective, but the author's favourite.
''Literature/TheThirteenProblems''.)
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* TwoDunIt: The solution, and one of Agatha Christie's favorite tropes. Lawrence and Anne were in on it together, conspiring to kill her husband because Lawrence wanted the money.
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* SexySecretary: Miss Cram, the leggy young secretary who is quite obviously looking to land Dr. Stone the archaeologist as a marriage partner.


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* StockingFiller: Rev. Clement cannot help but notice when Miss Clam sits and crosses her legs, "which were encased in shiny pink stockings."
* StoppedClock: Rev. Clement's clock was knocked over and broken when Protheroe was killed, seemingly fixing the time--but this creates confusion as Rev. Clement was in the habit of setting the clock 15 minutes fast.
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It was adapted by BBC in 1986 with Creator/JoanHickson in the role of Miss Marple and again [[Series/{{Marple}} by ITV in 2004]] with Geraldine [=McEwan=] as Miss Marple. There is also a 1949 play with Barbara Mullen and a graphic novel released by Harper Collins in 2008.

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It was adapted [[Series/MissMarple1984 by the BBC in 1986 1986]] with Creator/JoanHickson in the role of Miss Marple and again [[Series/{{Marple}} by ITV in 2004]] with Geraldine [=McEwan=] as Miss Marple. There is also a 1949 play with Barbara Mullen and a graphic novel released by Harper Collins in 2008.
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!!The BBC film adaptation additionally contains examples of:
* DrivenToSuicide: Anne Protheroe kills herself out of remorse, instead of being tried.
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Detective novel by Creator/AgathaChristie. This is the first novel (but not the [[Literature/TheThirteenProblems first story]]) to feature Literature/MissMarple, the [[BlatantLies harmless]] old lady who lives at the [[StepfordSuburbia idyllic]] village of St Mary Mead and [[MysteryMagnet just happens]] to [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates constantly bump into murders]]. She is notable for her ability to draw parallels between murder mysteries and ordinary village incidents. She is Christie's second most famous but personal favorite detective.

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Detective ''The Murder at the Vicarage'' is a detective novel by Creator/AgathaChristie. This is Creator/AgathaChristie, the first novel (but not the [[Literature/TheThirteenProblems first story]]) to feature Literature/MissMarple, the [[BlatantLies harmless]] old lady who lives at the [[StepfordSuburbia idyllic]] village of St Mary Mead and [[MysteryMagnet just happens]] to [[LittleOldLadyInvestigates constantly bump into murders]]. She The character had debuted in short story collection ''Literature/TheThirteenProblems'', which immediately established her as an excellent criminologist.

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