The Body in the Library
UK
Collins, London, May. 1942
US
Dodd, Mead, New York, Feb. 1942
The Saturday Evening Post, May.10-Jun.21 1941

Plot

It's seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.
But who is she? How did she get there? And what's the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?
The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery...before tongues start to wag.

Characters

Miss Jane Marple • Colonel Bantry • Dolly Bantry • Conway Jefferson • Adelaide Jefferson • Peter Carmody • Hugo McLean • Mark Gaskell • Josie Turner • Ruby Keene • Raymond Starr • Basil Blake • Pamela Reeve • Sir Henry Clithering • Colonel Melchett • Det. Insp. Slack • George Bartlett • Florrie Small • Edwards • P.C. Bill Polk • Dinah Lee • Lorrimer • Mary • Mr Prescott

Films & TV

The Body in The Library, BBC/UK, 1984
Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE
The Body in The Library, ITV/UK, 2004
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 1
Un cadavre sur l'oreiller, FR, 2011
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 1

UK/US covers

Collins / HarperCollins

Dodd, Mead / Putnam

Pocket Books

Pan

other publishers

Magazine

Audio
Isis Audio Books, 1991; ISBN:9781850896203
BBC Audiobooks America, 2003; ISBN:9781572703254
BBC Audiobooks, 2005; ISBN:9780563510659
BBC Worldwide, 2010
Audio Partners, 2003; ISBN:9781572703247
HarperCollins, 2003; ISBN:9780007142361
Macmillan Audio Books, 2003; ISBN:9781405005951
Macmillan Digital Audio, 2006; ISBN:9781405089555
HarperCollins, 2006
HarperCollins, 2003; ISBN:9780007175680
HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN:9781504762397
HarperCollins, 2006
HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN:9781504762403

Western Europe covers

Un cadavre dans la bibliothèque

French index

Le Masque (#337) 1946

Club des Masques (#38) 1967

Le Livre de Poche (#5658) 1982

Le Livre de Poche jeunesse

other publishers

Dood van een danseres

Dutch index


Die Tote in der Bibliothek / Das Rätsel der Tänzerin

German index

Die Tote in der Bibliothek


Das Rätsel der Tänzerin


Audio
Der Hörverlag, 2006
Der Hörverlag, 2020

Northern Europe covers

Liket i biblioteket

Swedish index


Audio
Bookmark Förlag, 2018; ISBN:9789188745316

Liget i biblioteket

Danish index


Audio
Liget i biblioteket
Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2022; ISBN:9788728195833

Liket i biblioteket

Norwegian index


Audio
Liket i biblioteket
Aschehoug, 2021; ISBN:9788203378201

Ruumis kirjastossa

Finnish index


Audio
Ruumis kirjastossa
WSOY, 2011
ISBN:9789510372494

Líkið í bókastofunni / Höfðingjahótelið

Icelandic index


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Southern Europe covers

C'è un cadavere in biblioteca

Italian index


Audio
C'è un cadavere in biblioteca
GoodMood, 2013

Un cadáver en la biblioteca

Spanish index


Audio

Un cadàver a la biblioteca


Um Corpo na Biblioteca / Um Cadáver na Biblioteca

Portuguese index

Um Corpo na Biblioteca


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Greek index

Ένα πτώμα στη βιβλιοθήκη


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Leš u biblioteci

former Yugoslavia index


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former Yugoslavia index


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former Yugoslavia index


Мртво тело во библиотеката

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

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Audio
Voxi, 2020

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Трупът в библиотеката

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Noc w bibliotece

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Audio
Noc w bibliotece
Saga Egmont, 2020
ISBN:9788726267068

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Romanian index


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Ukrainian index

a.k.a. Знахідка у бібліотеці (1989)


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Russian index

Труп в библиотеке


Audio
Труп в библиотеке
Эксмо, 2018
Труп в библиотеке
Аудиокнига (АСТ), 2018

Происшествие в старом замке


Audio

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