A Caribbean Mystery

As Miss Marple dozes in the West Indian sun,an old soldier talks of elephant-shooting and scandals. Then he dies – and the deceptively frail detective must investigate a most exotic murder. As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshineshe felt mildly discontented with life. Truethe warmth eased her rheumatismbut here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventuallyher interest was aroused by an old soldier’s yarn about a murderer he had known. Infuriatinglyjust as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintancethe Major was suddenly interrupted. A diversion that was to prove fatal.