Poyizd o 4:50 z Peddingtona - Agatha Christie

Podruha mis Marpl staye svidkom toho, yak u kupe cholovik dushyt zhinku. Ani u vahoni, ani vzdovzh koliyi trupa ne znayshly. Tozh ledi-detektyv prydyvlyayetsya do nayblyzhchoho do mistsya trahediyi mayetku y dobyraye dlya yoho hospodariv sluzhnytsyu — navodyty lad i shukaty tilo. Tse prostishe, nizh vyyavyty dushytelya sered zavsidnykiv Rezerford-Kholu. Ale mis Marpl zmusyt ubyvtsyu ziznatysya! Agatu Kristi znayut u vsomu sviti yak korolevu detektyvu. Prodano blyzko milyarda prymirnykiv yiyi tvoriv anhliyskoyu movoyu, shche odyn milyard — u perekladi 100 inozemnymy movamy. Vona — naypopulyarnishyy avtor usikh chasiv. Za kilkistyu perevydan yiyi knyzhky postupayutsya lyshe Bibliyi ta tvoram Shekspira.