Author:Agatha Christie,June Whitfield,Imelda Staunton,Nigel Davenport,Full Cast
In the sleepy little English country village of St Mary Mead, all is not as it seems. Under a seemingly peaceful exterior lurks intrigue, guilt, deception - and murder. Colonel Protheroe, local magistrate and overbearing landowner, is the most detested man in the village. Everyone, even the vicar, wishes he were dead. And very soon he is - shot in the head in the vicar's own study. A visiting artist confesses to the murder, but residents saw him elsewhere at the time the Colonel was shot. If he didn't do it, who did? Is he protecting the wife whom he loves? Faced with a surfeit of suspects, only the inscrutable Miss Marple can unravel the tangled web of clues. A trap is set, and Miss Marple's theory is put to the test when the true killer is finally unmasked. This full-cast dramatisation of Agatha Christie's very first Miss Marple mystery stars June Whitfield as the indomitable amateur detective, with Imelda Staunton and Nigel Davenport.
Maxwell is a transportive narrator, able to convey the there-but-for-the-grace-of-God aspect of this horrendous yet hopeful story with terrific evocation.
—— Johnny Davis , Q MagazineFunny, full of love but refreshingly unsentimental
—— The London PaperMaxwell narrates their remarkable story with barrels of rough-and ready Glaswegian drollery
—— London LiteHis spirited determination to overcome all that he's been through is humbling to witness
—— GuardianA remarkable journey of rehabilitation... The story of Collins's catastrophic illness is horrific, but sometimes funny and, ultimately hopeful too
—— Sunday HeraldYou'll finish this remarkable book with a lump in your throat and admiration for the courage of both writer and subject
—— WordBeautifully penned...a heart warming and inspirational read
—— The List