The Companion [short story]

by Agatha Christie

Series: Miss Marple: Chronological (2.2)

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Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A murder-suicide in a small village mimics events that took place years before.

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The Companion [short story]

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The resurrection of Amy Durrant

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Arthur Bantry (Colonel)

Jane Helier

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Gossington Hall, St. Mary Mead, England, UK

St. Mary Mead, England, UK

Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

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"Now, Dr. Lloyd," said Miss Helier, "don't you know any creepy stories?"

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Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A murder-suicide in a small village mimics events that took place years before.

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1920s.
In: Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, the Complete Short Stories, (Boston, MA : G.K. Hall & Co., 1987, c1985) pp.133-158. (various reprintings)

Also in: Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems, (London : Collins, 1932). (various reprintings, including under the titles Miss Marple and the Thirteen Problems and the Tuesday Club Murders)

Also in: Agatha Christie, 13 Clues for Miss Marple (New York : Dodd, 1966) (various reprintings)

The second of the six stories told at the Bantrys' dinner parties, this is related by Dr. Lloyd, the physician. He was on the island of Grand Canary, where the companion of an English tourist drowns. A seemingly tragic accident, but one of the Spanish ladies insists that it was murder.

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