Murder Is Easy

ItwasjustLukeFitzwilliam'slucktobestucknexttoadottyoldwomanlikeMissFullertonontheLondon-boundtrain--althoughhefoundhimselfquiteentertainedwithhertalltalesaboutaseriesofperfectmurdersinthequaintvillageofWychwood.Butwhenhereadsthenextdayofthefreakaccidentthatkillerher,too,Fitzwilliam'samusementturnstograveconcern.Avisittotheisolatedvillageconfirmshisworstfears.ForWychwoodseemstobedividedbyaneccentriclotoflocals:thosewhoareinonadarkanddangeroussecret--andthosewhodon'tlivelongenoughtoshareit.PeopleseemtobedyinginWychwood-under-Ashe.Thereisapoisoning,afallfromaladder,adrowning,acaraccident.Eachbyitselfseemsinnocuousenough,butLukeFitzwilliam,aretiredpoliceofficer,thinkssomethingmoredeviousisbehindtheseapparentaccidents.AnovelwrittenduringChristie?作者简介：AGATHACHRISTIEistheworld'sbestknownmysterywriter.HerbookshavesoldoverabillioncopiesintheEnglishlanguageandanotherbillionin44foreignlanguages.Sheisthemostwidelypublishedauthorofalltimeinanylanguage,outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeare.Herwritingcareerspannedmorethanhalfacentury,duringwhichshewrote80novelsandshortstorycollections,aswellas14plays,oneofwhich,TheMousetrap,isthelongest-runningplayinhistory.Twoofthecharactersshecreated,thebrilliantlittleBelgianHerculePoirotandtheirrepressibleandrelentlessMissMarple,wentontobecomeworld-famousdetectives.Bothhavebeenwidelydramatizedinfeaturefilmsandmade-for-TVmovies.AgathaChristiealsowroteunderthepseudonymMaryWestmacott.Aswell,shewrotefournon-fictionbooksincludinganautobiographyandanentertainingaccountofthemanyexpeditionsshesharedwithherarchaeologisthusband,SirMaxMallowan.