![]() ![]() This was published in 1920 (although in fact she had written Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which introduced Hercule Poirot to the world. Poisons that was to prove so useful in her detective stories. During the First World War she worked as a hospital dispenser, and it was here that she gleaned the working knowledge of various Is her mind playing tricks on her, or does she unconsciously know how the house used to look? It takes Miss Marple to realise that an unsolved murder is behind Gwenda’s apparent intuition – but even she does not suspect the murderer will strike again… Agatha Christie’s final Marple mystery is dramatised with a full cast including Julian Glover and Carolyn Pickles.Īgatha Christie, the acknowledged ‘Queen of Crime’ (The Observer) was born in Torquay in 1890. When she opens the painted-over doors of an old cupboard to find wallpaper exactly the same as she had imagined, she begins to wonder if she is going mad. She decides on a connecting doorway between the drawing-room and the dining-room, but discovers one already there, now plastered over. Wanting porch stairs, Gwenda hires a builder to put them in – only to find some old steps, covered up by bushes. A few renovations will convert it into her ideal home. In the quiet village of Dilmouth, she finds a house with Young Gwenda Reed arrives in England from New Zealand, travelling ahead of her husband Giles and charged with the task of finding the perfect place to make their base. ![]() A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring June Whitfield as Miss Marple, the sharp-witted spinster ![]()
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