title: A Caribbean Mystery Complete & Unabridged
author:  Agatha Christie 
description: THE NEW-LOOK NOW BROUGHT TO THE SERIES OF MISS MARPLE AUDIO BOOKS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. As Jane Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finished the story!
zlib_text: A Caribbean Mystery
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  Agatha Christie
   
   
   
  A Caribbean Mystery
   
   
  
  To my old friend,
  JOHN CRUIKSHANK ROSE,
  with happy memories of my visit
  to the West Indies.
   
  1
  MAJOR PALGRAVE TELLS A STORY
  "TAKE all this business about Kenya," said Major Palgrave. "Lots of chaps gabbing away who know
  nothing about the place! Now I spent fourteen years of my life there. Some of the best years of my life, too."
  Old Miss Marple inclined her head. It was a gentle gesture of courtesy. Whilst Major Palgrave
  proceeded with the somewhat uninteresting recollections of a lifetime, Miss Marple peacefully pursued her
  own thoughts. It was a routine with which she was well acquainted. The locale varied. In the past, it had been
  predominantly India. Majors, Colonels, Lieutenant-Generals—and a familiar series of words: Simla.
  Bearers. Tigers. Chota Hazri—Tiffin. Khitmagars, and so on. With Major Palgrave the terms were slightly
  different. Safari. Kikuyu. Elephants. Swahili. But the pattern was