Celebrated actress Geraldine McEwan takes on the role of world-famous crime writer Agatha Christie's shrewd and inquisitive Miss Jane Marple in this classic murder mystery.When the vicar in Miss Marple's home village declares in exasperation that anyone who murdered Colonel Prothero would be doing the world a service, he does not realise his words will come back to haunt him. The Colonel's death at the vicarage throws up a long list of potential murderers as the unpopular local resident has made many enemies. Miss Marple, temporarily incapacitated after an accident, is perfectly placed to investigate.