The Village Funeral Secret | A Miss Marple Mystery

In Ashwell St. Bride, Mrs. Honoria Vale’s funeral should have been a proper village affair—until a sealed envelope is discovered beneath her wreath with the chilling instruction: “Open only after I am buried.” When the envelope vanishes and undertaker Edwin Pryce is found dead in the vestry, Miss Marple follows a trail of black wax, a missing mourning glove, a torn baby ribbon, and a false burial entry marked under stone twenty-seven. What first appears to be an old woman’s final eccentricity soon reveals a hidden second coffin, a maidservant declared dead while still alive, a child carried away under another name, and an inheritance protected by silence, pride, and murder. As Miss Marple opens the mourning box, the dead of Ashwell St. Bride are finally counted correctly. Thank you for listening :) Disclaimer: This story is my own original creative work, written especially for my YouTube channel, MarpleVerse. It is inspired by Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple novels and the timeless tradition of classic English detective fiction.