'Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,' declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, 'would be doing the world a large favour!'It was a careless remark for a man of the cloth. And one which comes back to haunt the clergyman just a few hours later - when the Colonel is found shot dead in the clergyman's study. But as Miss Marple soon discovers, the whole village seems to have had a motive to kill Colonel Protheroe.The first Miss Marple mystery, one which tests all her powers of observation and deduction.