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Mystery · 1942 · PG

The Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie

Anonymous letters are tearing apart an English village. Then come the murders.

For12+GenreMysteryLength256 pagesRead time~7.1 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Barely any

Murder mystery

Language

None

None

Sexual Content

None

None

Substance Use

None

None

Emotional Intensity

Some

Psychological depth

What this book is about

An English village receives a series of anonymous poison-pen letters accusing its residents of sexual misconduct. The letters drive one person to suicide — and Miss Marple is called in when murder follows. A darker Miss Marple.

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Suicide by a character responding to defamatory letters

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