Murder Is Easy
Murder Is Easy is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1939, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September the same year under the title Easy to Kill. Christie's Superintendent Battle has a cameo appearance at the end, but plays no part in either the solution of the mystery or the apprehension of the criminal. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6), and the US edition at $2.
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Superintendent Battle |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 5 June 1939 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 256 (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-713682-7 |
| Preceded by | The Seven Dials Mystery |
| Followed by | Towards Zero |
The novel concerns the efforts of retired police officer, Luke Fitzwilliam, to discover the identity of a serial killer, active in the village of Wychwood under Ashe. He learns that the series of deaths were mistaken for accidents by the locals, while the nobleman Lord Whitfield mysteriously attributes most of them to divine justice.