Little Miss Marple: Muddle At The Vicarage

Agatha Christie’s most famous detectives receive the Mr Men Little Miss Treatment!

Miss Marple meets Mr Men and Little Miss in this new story, written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves. Loosely inspired by Murder at the Vicarage, but with a charming and humorous twist for younger fans, this is a mystery that only an unassuming sleuth could solve!

Meet Little Miss Marple – a new Little Miss who may feel more than a little familiar, particularly to Agatha Christie fans!

Little Miss Marple lives in St Mary Mead, where she counts Mr Nosey and Little Miss Chatterbox among her friends and she herself takes a keen interest in the goings on in the village! So, when Reverend Muddle suspects there’s been a theft at the vicarage, and there are further mysteries of the rather muddled kind, Little Miss Marple is sure she can help Inspector Nonsense and Constable Silly uncover the truth…

This is the first Little Miss Marple mystery in a mischievous new partnership, publishing alongside Mr Poirot: Mischief on the Nile.

The colourful characters have been delighting children since Mr Tickle first appeared on bookshelves in 1971.

The Independent

The timeless Mr Men books capture modern stereotypes perfectly.

The Telegraph

The Mr Men and Little Miss characters remain a cultural phenomenon, whose impact is felt far beyond the nursery bookshelf.

The Telegraph

It all started with a tickle. Roger Hargreaves’ son Adam asked him what a tickle looked like, so Roger drew a small orange man with extraordinarily long arms that could reach anywhere and tickle anyone. Roger went on to create many more Mr Men and Little Miss who have been delighting children and adults for generations. Sadly Roger passed away in 1988, but his son Adam took over the series, introducing new characters and exciting new adventures featuring the much-loved Mr Men and Little Miss.

A NEW official partnership of two much-loved classic book series

A NEW official partnership of two much-loved classic book series

• A thoroughly mysterious (and mischievous) partnership between two British institutions
• Brand new stories, inspired by classic Christie novels and reverently brought to life by Adam Hargreaves
• Mr Men Little Miss is one of the best-selling picture book brands of all time and celebrates 55 years in 2026
• Roger Hargreaves is one of only 5 authors to achieve sales of over 20m units in the UK (2025 Bookscan)
• Agatha Christie’s books have sold over a billion copies in English.
• Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time in any language

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