Miss Marple Miss Marple Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. An elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective, she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen. Her first appearance was in a short story published in "The Royal Magazine" in December 1927, "The Tuesday Night Club", which later became the first chapter of "The Thirteen Problems" (1932). Her first appearance in a full-length novel was in "The Murder at the Vicarage"
Agatha Christie's Marple due to the involvement of War-period China. In Norway, the series has been airing on state broadcaster NRK1 as "Miss Marple." In Sweden, "Marple" airs on TV4, the biggest commercial TV station. In Poland, the series airs on Ale Kino+. In the Czech Republic it is broadcast under the name "Slečna Marplová," the Czech for "Miss Marple." In Brazil, the series airs on HBO Brasil. The show has sparked controversy with some viewers for its adaptations of the novels. The first series of "Marple" was released in March 2005 in the UK, followed by the second series in July 2006.