The Case of the Perfect Maid - a Miss Marple Short Story

The Case of the Perfect Maid - a Miss Marple Short Story

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The Case of the Perfect Maid - a Miss Marple Short Story by Agatha Christie..When her maid asks Miss Marple to intervene in the delicate problem of her rather opinionated cousin Gladys, Miss M doesn't think much can be done. Poor Gladys, also a maid, has been accused of stealing a precious brooch belonging to her employers, the two reserved Miss Skinners. While one sister malingers with mysterious ailments,

the other attends to her every need, and they've both decided that Gladys must go. One day there appears a paragon to replace Gladys, the perfect maid. Anyway, that's what the Skinners and almost everyone in St. Mary Mead think!

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the short story, "The Case of the Perfect Maid." Collections and the other stories by the author are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The Miss Marple series includes twelve novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."

The Case of the Perfect Maid - a Miss Marple Short Story by Agatha Christie..When her maid asks Miss Marple to intervene in the delicate problem of her rather opinionated cousin Gladys, Miss M doesn't think much can be done. Poor Gladys, also a maid, has been accused of stealing a precious brooch belonging to her employers, the two reserved Miss Skinners. While one sister malingers with mysterious ailments,

the other attends to her every need, and they've both decided that Gladys must go. One day there appears a paragon to replace Gladys, the perfect maid. Anyway, that's what the Skinners and almost everyone in St. Mary Mead think!

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the short story, "The Case of the Perfect Maid." Collections and the other stories by the author are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The Miss Marple series includes twelve novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."

Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, she ...
Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. She is the creator of two of the most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.