Which Agatha Christie story is this? Contains spoilers.

[SoSaidTheSwan]

I saw it mentioned on another thread but the poster understandably didn't want to spoil it for anyone.

It's a Miss Marple story where a key element of a plot hinges on a misspelling that could be mistaken for a printing error?

I'm going through a stage where Agatha Christie books are about all that I can read at present and I really want to read this one.

TIA

[notaladyinred]

A Murder is Announced (spelling of 'inquire' /'enquire', and a person's name)

[SoSaidTheSwan]

Thank you so much! I'll read that one next.

[MsMcGonagall]

Or the Moving Finger "I cant go on..." in an apparent suicide note

[ilovesooty]

Yes, that's the one.

[SoSaidTheSwan]

MsMcGonagall Thank you too. I'll read both.

[ilovesooty]

A Murder is Announced I mean.

[Johnnysgirl]

Is it the Lottie/Lettie thing in A Murder is Announced?

[Comefromaway]

Yes, Murder is Announced, enquire/inquire

[Comefromaway]

Lottie/Lettie was a slip of the tongue

[SydneyCarton]

I think “Lottie/Letty” is only spoken rather than written or printed. It sounds more like The Moving Finger with the phrase “I can’t go on” being read in two different contexts

[Comefromaway]

* further spoiler

enquire/inquire was written though. Miss Marple deduced that someone would not change their spelling part way through their life therefore Letty had died instead of Lottie

[HumphreyCobblers]

Moving Finger is my absolute favourite Christie. I think the characterisation is much stronger than it often is in the other books and the love story is very sweet.

[airrrrAIRRRRiELLLL]

Moving Finger also where Burton/Barton changed on an envelope

[Comefromaway]

I love the whole episode where she goes to buy some decent clothes at last. Totally irrelevant to the plot but really nice.

[stepuporshutup]

The moving finger, the spelling incorrect on a type written envelope. Murder is announced is about a name change not a spelling mistake. Both good reads

[AutumnOrange]

There is another but it is a Poirot where there is a torn label of something - a medication I think - and it was a small m rather than a big M. It was the housekeeper who did it and she poisoned herself then gave herself an emetic afterwards. Can anyone remember that?

[airrrrAIRRRRiELLLL]

I think that's Sad Cypress

[SoSaidTheSwan]

Thanks all. I'm looking forward to reading them.

[airrrrAIRRRRiELLLL]

Another torn corner of a letter where 'she' becomes 'he' in Lord Edgeware dies.

[AutumnOrange]

Sad Cypress - thank you!

[MsMcGonagall]

I've just read all the Ngaio Marsh whodunnit novels - If you run out of Agatha Christies I would thoroughly recommend Ngaio Marsh.

[SoSaidTheSwan]

I'm adding Sad Cypress and LED to my list.

MsMcGonagall Thank you for the recommendation. I'll definitely try Ngaio Marsh.

[Comefromaway]

On the whole I prefer Miss Marple but I do like Cat Amongst the Pigeons

[airrrrAIRRRRiELLLL]

I think Cat Among the Pigeons was my least favourite because of being out of my comfort zone of big houses and suspicious-looking relatives.

[airrrrAIRRRRiELLLL]

One of my favourites is Peril at End House and I think Poirot solved that one also with the help of a written letter.