Agatha Christie's "other great detective", as she is called in the preface, is a modest, seemingly harmless old lady. But only apparently! It is no coincidence that he is highly regarded by the police chiefs of several counties. Her rosy face, her chatter, her knitting hide a greedy curiosity, relentless logic and constant suspicion.

In this volume you will find Miss Marple's views on things big and small: human nature, men and women, youth, herself - and murder. And of course about life in general, which "requires a lot of courage". His pithy sayings and wittily wicked comments were selected from twelve novels and twenty short stories.

The humor and wisdom of the crime queen can be felt in the words of one of her favorite creatures; and at the end of the volume, we can read her essay, never published in Hungarian, about the relationship between women's intuitions and law enforcement.