The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on . . . From Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubiyt of Omar Khayym Injured war hero Jerry Burton and his sister, Joanna, have come to the quiet town of Lymstock for a much needed rest. No sooner do they arrive than they become embroiled in an outbreak of poison pen writing. But Burton's t the only one in Lymstock to be stung by threats, rumors and sordid accusations. In a town where gossip is the breath of life, suspicion can spread like vem -- and disarming pranks can take deadly turns. When one of the recipients of the poison pen letters is found dead and a te that reads, I can't go on, surfaces, only Miss Jane Marple questions the coroner's suicide verdict. Is this the work of a poison pen -- or a cunning murderer?