A Murder Is Announced

<p>The ad read: "A Murder is announced, & will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks, at 6:30 p.m. Friends please accept this, the only intimation." The ad in the local paper is a joke in very bad taste. But none of Miss Blacklock's friends can resist calling on her at the appointed hour. At 6:30 precisely the lights go out, & a murder takes place. Specifically, one might have thought, for the benefit & enjoyment of Miss Jane Marple</p>