An elderly woman in a small village notices everything and is underestimated by everyone, which turns out to be the most effective detective equipment ever issued. Miss Marple had been solving things in magazine stories since 1927, and in 1930 she got a novel of her own. Her method is simply knowing exactly what people are like, having watched them closely for seventy years. Christie became one of the best-selling novelists who has ever lived. Nothing in an English village is as harmless as the china suggests. For people who notice more than they let on.

An Agatha Christie graphic tee for crime fiction readers, Miss Marple fans, and anyone who has been underestimated in a room. A china teacup on its saucer with a skull-labelled poison bottle tipped over beside it, under a blackletter title. A gift for mystery readers, book club regulars, and quiet observers.