Agatha Christie's Marple was voiced by Herbert Lom (who also made an on-screen appearance as Mr Dufosse in "The Murder at the Vicarage") in "Nemesis" and played by Antony Sher in "A Caribbean Mystery". The series also featured real-life characters: Winston Churchill appeared in "The Sittaford Mystery", Noël Coward in "", Louis Armstrong in "At Bertram's Hotel", and Ian Fleming and James Bond in "A Caribbean Mystery". Christie wrote twelve novels about Miss Marple, all of which have been adapted for the series. They are: In addition, a short story featuring Miss Marple, "The Blue Geranium," was adapted into a full-length episode. Three
Miss America (book) previous record for the fastest selling book in one day, previously being "Sex" by Madonna in 1992. A week after its release, "Miss America" hit the top spot on the "New York Times" Best Seller list, knocking off "My American Journey" by Colin Powell. In total, the book was listed on the list for more than four months, a period of 16 weeks in total. The book sold more than nine copies for every one copy of the next best-selling book on the list. By the end of 1995, "Miss America" had sold 1,398,880 hardcover copies, making it the third