A writer has been commissioned to write the first full-length Miss Marple novel in fifty years, reviving Agatha Christie's most celebrated detective for a new generation. This marks the first time Christie's family has authorised a continuation of the character, whose last case appeared in "Sleeping Murder," published posthumously in 1976, making this a significant moment in the legacy of one of literature's most enduring sleuths.

Miss Marple first appeared in a 1927 Christmas magazine story before making her book debut in 1930's "The Murder at the Vicarage," and went on to feature in twelve of Christie's sixty-six detective novels and twenty of her hundred and sixty short stories. With over two billion Agatha Christie books sold worldwide, Miss Marple remains a character rivalling even Hercule Poirot in readers' affections. The writer reflects on the character's radical ingenuity: an elderly spinster whose invisibility and profound understanding of human nature serve as her superpower, allowing her to see through society's pretences in ways more celebrated detectives cannot.