The local newspaper in the village of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished, and mostly amused, when a personal ad is posted announcing a murder. It gives the time and place, a house in the village. A party is being held at that time and place and at the exact time announced an intruder bursts in, wanting money. He fires a few shots, hitting one of the woman at the party, and leaves. Upon exiting the room, the party- goers find him dead in the next room, shot. He was a Swiss hotel concierge from the village. The police think it was a prank and that the man committed suicide after hitting the woman and panicking. Miss Marple is in the village and thinks it was murder.
Intriguing. Good mystery, with a lot of suspects but no obvious guilty party. Some interesting characters and complex relationships make for engaging viewing.
Cast includes Zoe Wanamaker, who appeared as Ariadne Oliver in several of the Poirot episodes, and Alexander Armstrong (of Armstrong and Miller fame) as Detective Inspector Craddock.
Intriguing. Good mystery, with a lot of suspects but no obvious guilty party. Some interesting characters and complex relationships make for engaging viewing.
Cast includes Zoe Wanamaker, who appeared as Ariadne Oliver in several of the Poirot episodes, and Alexander Armstrong (of Armstrong and Miller fame) as Detective Inspector Craddock.