agatha christie's miss marple the body in the library

Ruby was the new main testament beneficiary of millionaire Conway Jefferson, whose RAF pilot son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid which cost both his legs, and he planned to adopt her, further reducing the inheritance of son-in-law Mark Gaskell and daughter-in-law Adelaide Jefferson, the other favorite being pre-teen grandson Peter Carmody.

Everyone moves into the luxury hotel where she stepped in for her foot-injured, mundane cousin Josie Turner as dance partner of half-Argentine Raymond Starr. Retired colonel Arthur Bantry finds an unknown young female corpse in his Gossington Hall's library, so his flashy younger wife Dolly calls upon senior sleuth friend Jane Marple to investigate, parallel to family friend colonel Melchett, the chief constable, and superintendent Harper from coastal resort Danemoith, where the victim Ruby Keane came from. There is no shortage of suspects, not only family members but the handsome Raymond Starr, another of the hotel's dance professionals, and George Bartlett, the last person to see Ruby before her disappearance. Miss Marple is convinced that the solution to Ruby's murder may be found at the hotel and she and Dolly book into a suite to investigate. His son-in-law Mark Gaskell, and daughter-in-law Adelaide react variously to the news. Ruby is in favour with millionaire Conway Jefferson, whose own son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid, and he wants to adopt her. Ruby Keane, a young girl employed as a dancer at the Majestic Hotel there, has gone missing, and her cousin Josie Turner identifies the corpse as Ruby's.

Then Superintendent Harper rings from the coastal town of Danemouth. Pompous Chief Constable Melchett suspects a connection with Basil Blake, an arty young man who lives locally but Blake is dismissive when Melchett visits him. A young woman's corpse is dumped in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Jane Marple's friend Dolly Bantry and her husband Arthur.

Agatha christie's miss marple the body in the library