The Bloodstained Pavement: a Miss Marple Short Story(1928)

Agatha Christie

Joyce Lempriere tells the Tuesday Night Club of an incident that occurred five years ago when she was vacationing at a small inn on the Cornish coast. She was painting a picture of the front of the inn, including details of wet bathing suits drying on the balcony of Denis and Margery Dacre, when she realised she had included blood stains on the pavement. A few days later Margery is found dead, having drowned. It's a challenge to the club to solve the mystery.

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the short story "The Bloodstained Pavement." Collections and other stories by the author can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. The Miss Marple series includes twelve novels and 20 short stories. The short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."