At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club  Collins 1965. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions, contents unblemished throughout. Lightly foxed edges. A near fine copy, covers unmarked and no toning to spine.

In the nostalgic elegance of 1960s London, Bertram’s Hotel, a bastion of Edwardian charm, hides a sinister undercurrent beneath its polished veneer. Miss Jane Marple, vacationing amid its velvet curtains and impeccable service, senses unease when an eccentric guest, Lady Selina Hazy, vanishes after a cryptic tea-time confession. As a series of audacious jewel heists and a brutal murder in a nearby alley rock the hotel’s genteel facade, Marple’s keen instincts uncover a web of impostors, black-market dealings, and a criminal syndicate masquerading as high society. With Scotland Yard’s Chief Inspector Davy, she navigates a maze of forged identities and nostalgic deception. Christie’s 1965 novel shimmers with cozy suspense, social satire, and Marple’s quiet brilliance, transforming a charming hotel into a stage for duplicity and deduction.

At Bertram’s Hotel enchants collectors as a refined gem in Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple canon, its nostalgic noir a subtle shift from her village mysteries. Readers savor its velvet-draped intrigues and Marple’s unassuming acumen, akin to Margery Allingham’s societal sleuthing or Ngaio Marsh’s theatrical twists. Its cultural bite probes 1960s Britain’s clash of tradition and modernity, beguiling classic mystery devotees. Collectors prize its prominence in Christie’s later works, while readers unravel the tea-time treachery and syndicate-spun schemes, deeming it a polished essential for aficionados of Marple’s meticulous whodunits and London’s lost elegance.