Hickson, Joan 1906-1998

Overview

Works:	153 works in 242 publications in 4 languages and 7,226 library holdings
Roles:	Actor, Narrator, Performer, Creator
Classifications:	pr6005.h66, 791.4572

Publication Timeline

1970 |

|2020

Key

Publications about Joan Hickson

Publications by Joan Hickson

Publications by Joan Hickson, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Joan Hickson

Hickson, Joan. [Los Angeles Times, Oct. 20, 1998, A24; New York Times, Oct. 20, 1998, B9; People, Nov. 2, 1998, 109; Time, Nov. 2, 1998, 35; Times (of London), Oct. 19, 23a; Variety, Oct. 26, 1998, 138 by Harris M Lentz ( Book )

Most widely held works by Joan Hickson

Great expectations ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1990 and 2009 in English and held by 592 libraries worldwide
In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.

They do it with mirrors ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1991 and 2001 in English and held by 427 libraries worldwide
Miss Marple's friend is being poisoned so she goes to Stony gates and finds more intrigue.

They do it with mirrors by Agatha Christie ( Recording )
7 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 401 libraries worldwide
Miss Marple is vistiting a friend when a secretive visitor is murdered and anyone could be the killer.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and held by 388 libraries worldwide
Prim and proper Miss Jane Marple uses her razor-sharp mind and intuitive understanding of criminal behavior to solve murder mysteries.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 315 libraries worldwide
The body in the library: "A beautiful spring morning is marred when the corpse of a platinum blonde is discovered in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Bantry." A murder is announced: "When an intriguing ad in the Chipping Cleghorn paper invites the villagers to witness a murder one evening at Miss Blacklock's home, everyone turns out in force expecting a new kind of party game. At the appointed hour the lights go out, three shots are heard and a body slumps to the floor. It is no longer a game." A pocketful of rye: "The body of Rex Fortescue, the patriarch of a loathsome family of financiers, is discovered with a handful of rye in his pocket. Soon afterwards, his young wife, Adele, dies following a light tea with bread and honey. As the clues grow more and more bizarre, only the murderer and Miss Marple seem able to recall their nursery rhymes."

Murder at the Vicarage ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in English and held by 301 libraries worldwide
Miss Marple must use all her intuitive powers to solve the murder of the disliked Colonel Protheroe in St. Mary Mead.

The Tuesday Club murders by Agatha Christie ( Recording )
5 editions published between 1989 and 2008 in English and held by 276 libraries worldwide
Thirteen Miss Marple titles are included in this collection.

Why didn't they ask Evans ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 273 libraries worldwide
During a round of golf on a cliff-top course in Wales, Bobby Jones discovers a man lying gravely injured on the rocks below. His last words, "Why didn't they ask Evans?," leads Bobby and his friend on a quest to find out what happened to the man.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Set two ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 263 libraries worldwide
Prim and proper Miss Jane Marple uses her razor-sharp mind and intuitive understanding of criminal behavior to solve murder mysteries.

A Caribbean mystery by Agatha Christie ( Recording )
6 editions published between 1989 and 2003 in English and held by 241 libraries worldwide
Miss Marple is on holiday at the Golden Palm Hotel on the island of St. Honore, but her vacation ends abruptly when Major Palgrave, a retired colonial settler from Kenya, is killed just as he is about to reveal the identity of a murderer.

The moving finger At Bertram's Hotel ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1985 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 196 libraries worldwide
The moving finger: Miss Marple is asked to help identifiy the author of the poison pen letters that have been flooding the village of Lymston. At Bertram's Hotel: Bertram's Hotel is a retreat where people can indulge in the comforts of a bygone era, but Miss Marple feels it's a little to proper and something sinister lurks beneath the surface.

The murder at the vicarage Nemesis ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 184 libraries worldwide
Work 1. When Colonel Lucius Protheroe; the most hated man in the village of St. Mary Mead, is found dead there is no shortage of suspects. Work 2. Miss Marple is asked to solve a crime and right an injustice; there's just one problem, first she must discover what crime was committed.

4:50 from Paddington ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in English and held by 165 libraries worldwide
Miss Marple is on her way to visit a friend, Elspeth McGillicuddy, when she witnesses a strangling on a passing train.

At Bertram's Hotel ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in English and held by 149 libraries worldwide
London's Bertram's Hotel is a well polished retreat where dowager duchesses, retired clergymen, and aging generals can indulge in the comforts of a bygone era. However, the respectable hotel's facade begins to crumble when the Irish doorman is found murdered.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Volume One ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 138 libraries worldwide
Prim and proper Miss Jane Marple uses her razor-sharp mind and intuitive understanding of criminal behavior to solve murder mysteries.

The essential Agatha Christie stories twenty unabridged mysteries by Agatha Christie ( Recording )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 128 libraries worldwide
Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and a host of other detectives crack cases of all stripes in this collection of twenty of Agatha Christie's famous short mysteries.

Agatha Christie Marple. The classic mysteries collection ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 128 libraries worldwide
Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling across Miss Marple's path.

The Mirror crack'd from side to side ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 128 libraries worldwide
There is great excitement in St. Mary Mead: American movie star Marina Gregg is in town with her husband to shoot a new picture. At her new home, Gossington Hall, Marina hosts an annual fete and invites the entire village. It is there that Heather Badcok inadvertently drinks a poison cocktail intended for Marina. Then a second killing occurs. Miss Marple soon uncovers deadly jealousies among the cast and crew that puts her hot on the trail of the killer.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Volume 2 ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 122 libraries worldwide
Prim and proper Miss Jane Marple uses her razor-sharp mind and intuitive understanding of criminal behavior to solve murder mysteries.

Sleeping murder ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 117 libraries worldwide
Giles and Gwenda Reed have just moved into their dream house. But it's turning into a house of horror as Gwenda finds herself haunted by the vision of a body in the hall. Can Miss Marple solve the mystery and return the house to the Reeds?