edition), claiming to be a cousin of Bridget Conway, Whitfield's fiancée, who is the cousin of his own good friend. He stays at the home of Gordon Ragg aka Lord Whitfield (Easterfield in the U.S.
He poses as one finding material for a book on beliefs in witchcraft and superstition, as he investigates. Luke will not let this rest, and he travels to the village, Wychwood under Ashe. Luke reads of Miss Pinkerton's death the next day, and then of the death of Dr Humbleby, who has died of septicaemia. This woman reminds him of a favourite aunt, so he replies politely and recalls what she said. She talks to him about her reason for travelling to Scotland Yard: she plans to report a serial killer in her village and tells him who was killed and who will next be killed- Amy Gibbs, Tommy Pierce, and Harry Carter have been killed Dr John Humbleby will be the next victim. Upon his return to England after his overseas job in the police, Luke Fitzwilliam shares a London-bound train carriage with Lavinia Pinkerton. He learns that the series of deaths were mistaken for accidents by the locals, while the local nobleman Lord Whitfield attributes most of the deaths to divine justice. 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. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
Christie's recurring character 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.
Murder is Easy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 5 June 1939 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September of the same year under the title of Easy to Kill.
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