The novel features her detective Miss Marple and is considered a crime novel classic. The book was heavily promoted upon publication in 1950 as being Christie\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s fiftieth book, although in truth this figure could only be arrived at by counting in both UK and US short story collections. The storyline had previously been explored in Christie\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Miss Marple short story "The Companion", where the characters also lived in Little Paddocks.
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