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On the train journey to see her friend Emmeline, Miss Marple meets the young clergyman Ernest Kemp. He confides in her his troubles: Elizabeth, the girl he was thinking about, disappeared without a trace a few days ago, and her stepfather came up with a wildly improbable explanation. Miss Marple learns from her friend that this is not the only sad event of recent days - Elizabeth's mother cut herself on a rusty razor two weeks ago, which was supposed to ensure acidification of the garden soil, and subsequently died of tetanus. Kate Mosse, who revived Miss Marple again, was born on October 20, 1961 in northern England. After studying at Oxford, she spent 7 years in publishing. In 1996, she published her first novel, Eskimo Kissing, about a young adopted woman searching for her past. In 1998-2001 she was executive director of the Chicester Festival Theatre. In 2005, she achieved international success with the book Labyrinth, which was translated into more than 37 languages. Kate Mosse is the co-founder and honorary director of the Orange Prize, an award for women authors of quality novels. She was named a European Woman of Success for her contribution to artistic creation. The author is married, lives alternately with her husband and children in Sussex, England and in Carcassonne, France.