Follow the tweets as Miss Marple tackles murder on Twitter

Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery, The Body in the Library, found a new audience this weekend when the story was told – a tiny chunk at a time – through Twitter.

Stewart Bain, library assistant at the Orkney Library and Archive, adapted the original text so that it could be “tweeted” in 140-character nuggets from Twitter accounts specially set up for Miss Marple and each of the other main protagonists.

The first mini instalment went out on Friday, at 7.15am – the moment in the book when the body is discovered – with the plot unfolding over the rest of the day, and on Saturday, until a cliffhanger moment is reached.

The serialisation was timed as a novel way to celebrate National Libraries Day on Saturday, February 5.