Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! While her husband is still abroad on business, she drives around the countryside looking for a suitable house which might become their permanent residence. "Agatha Christie's Marple" Sleeping Murder (TV Episode 2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A group gathers and at that precise moment, the lights go out and a young hotel employee, Rudi Schertz, is shot. Aware that she would write no more novels, Christie authorised the publication of Curtain in 1975 to send off Poirot. Helen wanted to get away. George Thaw in the Daily Mirror of 22 October 1976 said, "Agatha Christie's last novel is very good. Carrie-Louise is slowly poisoned by an unknown hand, and her husband and her sister Ruth want absolutely to save her from this dark menace. Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Miss Marple has endured as the quintessential amateur sleuth, using intellect and intuition to solve crimes. Lord Caterham's eldest daughter Bundle is dead set against the idea but it all takes a very serious turn when the Count is found murdered. The family patriarch, Jack Savage, had died not long ago and the dead man had some connection to the Savages. The novel, "Sleeping Murder", is Miss Marple's final case. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I must admit that I was somewhat lacking in the disclosure of the characters of Gwenda and especially Giles, who turned out to be a rather gray character. : The book had real nervous edge and left some really haunting imagery inside your head, and the adaptation did very well in that aspect. When she experiences a frightning vision of a dead body in the house, and then later hears a famous quote that stirs memories, she is terrified that the place is haunted. Giles Reed: Gwenda's husband, who met her in New Zealand. Shaken, Gwenda telephones to London and joins her husband there, meeting Miss Marple and having another break-down during the showing of the Duchess of Malfi. Miss Marple Sleeping Murder. EASTON PRESS Road to Woodstock Michael Lang SIGNED First 1st Leather COA SEALED (#325530131201). Well acted, great casting. Mysteries of the past should be left alone; otherwise, they may awaken danger. It was based on the 1953 novel After the Funeral by Agatha Christie, and starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Charles "Bud" Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis (Rutherford's husband) as Jane Marple's friend Mr Stringer.. 'Simply Sophia Myles is an official fansite which means it is endorsed by Sophia Myles but it is NOT her official site. Cadhay House was used in the episode as the filming location of Anstell Manor where Colonel Erskine lived. This page was last edited on 27 May 2021, at 11:25. He buried Helen in the garden. Sleeping Murder, was written during World War II sonetime during the Blitz, which took place between September 1940 and May 1941. After Megan died, he remarried to Helen Kennedy, a young woman he met on the ship back to England with his daughter. The episodes were directed by John Davies with screenplay by Ken Taylor. Get out your popcorn! Your email address will not be published. Christinamaurer. It was recorded on 10 October 2001. Also, I get the picture that Gwenda was from a more refined family ( upper middle class) in which her accent would have been more cultured with a hint of "fush & chips" in it. But at the same time, the film retains its slowness and true English atmosphere. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.. This was a re-read, and I enjoyed it tremendously. But when the letter-writer apparently resorts to murder, Jerry finds his curiosity stoked despite himself, and he's not the only one; Miss Jane Marple is also in Lymstock, and she's decided that it's long past time someone got to the bottom of this unpleasant business. Memories are made of this. Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie.It is also known as Marple.The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. The 1980s adaptations starring Joan Hickson are on the slow side by modern standards. You'll enjoy it. Another lead role is Gwenda Reed, played by Sophia Myles. The weekend has something of a diplomatic air to it as the Austrian Count Ludwig von Stainach is also there to negotiate a trade agreement with the British that will give it access to iron ore. Chimneys was once the 'in' place to be for a fancy weekend but over many years, it has become somewhat run-down. Are childhood memories of a possible murder ,True or false ? Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1976 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The young couple's excuse for visiting the Erskines is not house searching, but rather running out of gas; Mr Erskine hospitably invites them to tea and they are able to glean some information. This category has the following 59 subcategories, out of 59 total. 51:48. , William Morrow Paperbacks (August 23, 2022), Language Further, a place that seems logical to her for a doorway between two rooms proves to have been one years earlier. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. - eBay Money Back Guarantee - opens in a new window or tab, EASTON PRESS Sleeping Murder & Murder at the Vicarage Christie 2V Leather Marple, - for PayPal Credit, opens in a new window or tab, Report this item - opens in new window or tab. He set up her husband to think he had strangled her, but there was no body, so he was taken as insane, and died in a nursing home. She did fall in love with Halliday, and loved his daughter. Upon his death, financier Jason Rafiel asks her to solve a murder. Free delivery for many products! Ruby is in favour with millionaire Conway Jefferson, whose own son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid, and he wants to adopt her. Do you by any chance suppose that he or she will turn out to be the real killer? Miss Marple must unravel a complex series of relationships and false identities, all centered around Randall Goedler, a wealthy industrialist who had died 10 years earlier. Learn more. Sleeping Murder is the last of Miss Marple's excursions into detection. , ISBN-13 All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Please try again. Miss Marple finds herself on a bit of a holiday and staying at the very posh Bertram's Hotel, where she stayed as a child and for which she has very fond memories. Thank you! Christie then changed the title to Cover her Face, but whilst the story stayed stored in a vault, P.D. Giles and his beautiful New Zealander wife Gwenda return to the UK, whilst driving through the sleepy village of Dilmouth, they drive past a house which Gwenda falls in love with, the couple quickly snap it up and move in. The policeman in charge of the case, Inspector Lejeune is skeptical about it all being a murder but when Miss Marple inspects Mrs. Davis' rooms, she finds an identical list to that sent to her by Father Gorman and also a reference to the Pale Horse Inn in Much Deeping, Hampshire. The music is also particularly good and atmospheric - the bit where Gwenda comes across the 'poppies and cornflowers' wallpaper is fantastic with great crashing organ chords. Only one thing is grating me is that the character of Gwenda supposedly from New Zealand is speaking with the most dreadful "Stryne" (Australian) accent. Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2023. Jane Marple, recuperating at home from a sprained ankle, had a bird's eye view of all the comings and goings at the vicarage around the time of the murder and she gladly assists Inspector Slack in solving the crime. Giles drinks freely from the glass and their housekeeper Mrs Henchrist is taken ill simply due to the shock of a body having been dug up in the garden. Afflick: local boy, first working as clerk in Fane's law firm, dismissed for cause but possibly framed. Manning: gardener, now 75 years old, to the Kennedy household when Helen was alive. Stephen Churchett's script worked well and gave the cast plenty of good dialogue. In the US the novel was serialised in Ladies' Home Journal in two abridged instalments from July (Volume XCIII, Number 7) to August 1976 (Volume XCIII, Number 8) with an illustration by Fred Otnes. Gwenda Halliday Reed: 21 years old and newly married woman from New Zealand, settling in England with her new husband. Miss Marple takes an eminently logical viewpoint to solve this mystery. Please try again. Miss Marple is called upon to solve her most perplexing case yet. Miss Marple finds a clue that points to a motive with origins many years before and a secret someone will do anything, including murder, to keep hidden. The story is called The Penitent. All that he has given her is two tickets on the Daffodil Tour Company's Mystery Tour. Appointment with Death is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 May 1938 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. Helen was raised mainly by her half brother, Dr Kennedy, now retired from practice and moved to another village. Much intrigue, good detective work & lots of fun. Now with a beautiful new series look, the indomitable Miss Marple turns ghost hunter and uncovers shocking evidence of a perfect crime. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Orphaned, as she is, and in a business requiring travel. I really enjoyed reading, though it wasn't too hard to guess who it was. The novel was adapted as a 90-minute play for BBC Radio 4 and transmitted as part of the Saturday Play strand on 8 December 2001. Lily never arrives. Her husband Giles arrives from New Zealand and the couple decide to pursue this mystery. Yes. In the novel, he never suspects this. I was hooked beginning to end! Miss Marple S01 E11 The Murder at the Vicarage part 2/2. She then arranged to have Sleeping Murder published in 1976, but she died before its publication in October of that year. Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television series with a total of 23 episodes in 6 series, beginning with The Body In The Library (2004) and ending with Endless Night (2013). Find movie and film cast and crew information for Agatha Christie's Marple : Sleeping Murder (2006) - Edward Hall on AllMovie I don't like Miss Marple, so perhaps that is why I find this a decent story - I can't compare it to the books, and the world's oldest detective only crops up every now and again to explain the plot to the newlywed couple. The family vacationed in Dillmouth at the time when Helen disappeared. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2017. At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 10), The Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 1), Nemesis: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 11), They Do It with Mirrors: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 5), The Body in the Library: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 2), A Caribbean Mystery: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries, 9). She was still writing to great acclaim until her death, and her books have now sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. A small town girl who moves to the city in an attempt to get away from the tragic loss of her parents. Director: John Davies, The novel was adapted to a Syrian drama series, " " "Crime in the Memory" that was broadcast in 1992. Using that well-known idiom, Dame Agatha pens another whodunit, wherein a young married woman's infatuation with an old, stately English house translates into buried secrets and impending murder. Major Kelvin Halliday: married to Megan, and father of Gwenda. She soon learns that the elder Fortescue had received veiled threats for some time and that they might have something to do with a long ago business deal that made his initial fortune. Agatha Christie Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. I'm not sure which I prefer, either. The last Miss Marple mystery is terrific. The book features Miss Marple. She wrote to Edmund Cork on 17 July 1972, asking him to send her a copy of the unpublished Miss Marple manuscript and a copy of Max's deed of gift. Surprisingly spritely with a nicely circling Miss Marple even if the mystery is a little obvious (suggestive spoiler), A spooky and well-directed adaptation of a great book, Great movie, almost exactly like the book, all the usual Agatha Christie expectations. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Other than that I'm very much enjoying JH version. Everyone is surprised when Count von Stainach says that in addition to signing the trade agreement, he also wants to purchase Chimneys. When Palgrave launches into his infamous storytelling routine one evening, only Miss Marple takes enough interest to listen. Other cast members include Dawn French, Una Stubbs, Peter Serafinowicz, Anna-Louise Plowman, Martin Kemp, Sarah Parish, Paul McGann, Phil Davis, Geraldine Chaplin (daughter of famous Charlie Chaplin) and Aidan McArdle. Places where the "Miss Marple" television series featuring Joan Hickson in the title role (1984-1992) has been filmed on location. This adaptation's producers decided to have the story set in the 1950s instead, with the novel's past taking place "some years before the war", and that immediately creates a lot of discrepancies. My recommendation for this movie is VERY HIGH. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Joan West: Painter, wife of Raymond, and cousin to Giles Reed. Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (TV Movie 1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The story is explicitly set in 1944 but the first draft of the novel was possibly written during the Blitz in 1940. But before he can pull it out, he sees something - or someone - and quickly changes the subject. Things take a sinister turn when a hotel maid, Tilly Rice, is found strangled on the roof. He proposed to Helen, she went out to marry him, but turned him down when she arrived there, realising she did not love him at all. If the owner of the copyrighted material would like them removed, please contact us with details. There are several suspects and another member of the household will die before Miss Marple solves the crime. Watch Miss Marple S02E01 Sleeping Murder 1987 Part 1 - Batmobil on Dailymotion A Murder is . There is a major character, who is of the right age to have committed the murder, had the motive and the opportunity, but NEVER gets implicated in the investigation, while several other minor characters are considered as the definitive suspects. Practically no average middle class family was able to employ a housekeeper and a gardener towards the end of the 1950s, even part-time, not to mention the soaring real estate prices and the financial devastation brought on by WWII. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price. Sit down with your favourite biscuits and drink and get ready to watch the movie, best watched with other people because I always love someone to laugh, smile and look shocked and surprised and puzzled with during movies! Ellie is a rich heiress and they soon fall in love. Newlyweds Gwenda (Geraldine Alexander) and Giles Reed (John Moulder . The Reeds advertise, seeking the Hallidays' former maid Lily. "Sleeping murder" is somewhat different from such classic films as" The Moving Finger" or "The Murder on Vicarage" because it is one of lady Agatha's most terrifying stories. Thanks to Miss Marple's investigations, Gwenda discovers that, instead of spending all her life in India, she had lived in the house as a child. Adapter: Stephen Churchett Gwenda Halliday, a wealthy young Englishwoman recently emigrated from India, intuitively buys a seaside manor house, where she re-experiences a murder. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. He resides in Northumberland. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and reflects Christie's . She was replaced by Julia McKenzie from the fourth series onwards. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2017. As an adaptation, this version is surprisingly faithful, much more faithful than the Geraldine McEwan adaptation; that started off well but was ruined by some unnecessary plot changes. The police have put it down to a mugging but the letter Miss Marple received from him intrigues her: a list of surnames and a quote from the bible. Walter Fane: the local lawyer's son, he tried a tea plantation in India, failed at that, returned to Dillmouth to practise law in his father's firm, always a bachelor. Christie at her best!! Chief Inspector Arthur Primer: Miss Marple, still snooping? Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Proper, demure, sharp as a tack, Agatha Christie's spinster sleuth is brilliantly portrayed by Geraldine McEwan (Series 1-3) and Julia McKenzie (Series 4). Except for a maid who disappeared with a valuable diamond in the 1920s, not much of note has happened there for a long time. It soon becomes obvious that others on the tour were also "selected" by Mr. Rafiel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. And Giles, the young husband, is not "old money", he obviously has to work for a living, because we are told he is going to be "a gentleman of leisure" for the next two months - which sort of hints at him being on a leave or on vacation. I love the idea of Gwenda subconsciously buying a house from her past, and the details she uncovers, such as the pattern of the wallpaper in the cupboard and the steps in the garden. They are warned however that the land is cursed and once into their new house, it becomes apparent that someone is trying to scare them off. Following the publication of P.D. She supervises workers in a renovation, staying in a one-time nursery room while the work progresses. After seeing the film adaptation of this book, I decided to read it. His diary from that time showed him to be quite sane, but he could not explain what he had seen, his strangled wife next to him. Gwenda soon experiences feelings of deja vu and a terrifying flashback of a desd women at the bottom of the stairs .When Miss Marple suggests that Gwenda may have lived as a child in the house ,the couple decide to investigate the mystery . Miss Jane Marple: I hate a case unsolved. The hotel registry information is obtained off-screen by Giles and related to Gwenda while they go see the Erskines. Newlywed Gwenda Reed travels ahead of her husband to find a home for them on the south coast of England. Miss Marple is convinced all is unwell, and her suspicions are confirmed when Miss Greenshaw herself is brutally murdered. My girlfriend put this film on while I got on with some ironing and I was surprised to find that it was one I hadn't seen before I had assumed that I had seen almost all of them but yet here I was. But when a local fan, Heather Badcock consumes a poisoned daiquiri, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mystery - supported by Miss Marple and Inspector Hewitt, who suspect that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone else. The plot of John Webster's 17th-century play, There is a slight plot similarity to her 1968 novel. Nowhere near the quality of the Hercule Poirot stories, I recommend give this thing a pass. Part of the British mystery series based on the books by Agatha Christie, Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder was first aired in 1987. Be the first to write a She goes to watch The Duchess of Malfi at Dillmouth Theatre. The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Note to anyone who has read the book or seen the previous series: please do not post any spoilers on the site! However, unlike 'Curtain', the last Poirot story, which also has a similar writing and publication history, it does not end with Miss Marple's demise. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Miss Marple is not recognized by the Inspector upon meeting him. In the film, she only eavesdrops on Mrs Erskine yelling jealously at her husband, while in the novel, she also overhears Mrs Erskine bursting into tears and Mr Erskine consoling her. After quitting a boring mystery earlier today, I devoured this one like a box of fancy chocolates. They rented a house in Dillmouth, where Helen grew up. The police assume he had placed the ad and planned it as a robbery, but for Miss Marple it's not that obvious. It is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same . Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. Miss Marple is often at the house, pulling out bindweed from the neglected garden. Miss Marple is visiting an old school friend, Camilla, Lady Tressilian, along with an eclectic group: Neville Strange and his wife Kay, his former wife Audrey and her childhood friend and cousin Thomas Royde, Ted Latimer (who is something of a gigolo and very attracted to Kay Strange) and finally Freddie Treves, a retired solicitor. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires. While traveling on a train to London, Miss Marple is told by a woman she has never met, Lavinia Pinkerton, that she is certain there have been two murders in her village of Wychwood. Suspects are everywhere, but none can imagine the secrets, both past and present, which Miss Marple uncovers. It took about thirty minutes to get passed this but it manages to do it by laying on the rather supernatural suspense before Marple of course comes in with logic to set us off. [7][8], Nevertheless, support for the story being first written in 1940 is found in the correspondence files of Christie's literary agents: Christie's royalty statement for 15 March 1940 states that the secretarial agency hired by Edmund Cork to type up Murder in Retrospect (first title of manuscript) charged 19 13s. The "adaptation" of Sleeping Murder featuring Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple is my favourite dramatisation of the Marple mysteries. Sleeping Murder was filmed by the BBC as a 100-minute film in the sixth adaptation (of twelve) in the series Miss Marple starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Joan Hickson as usual is terrific in the title role, and Geraldine Alexander, like Sophia Myles in the recent version, was entirely captivating as Gwenda. Gwenda and Giles, and of course Miss Jane Marple, seeing the issues and problems far clearer than the two kids could. Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case (Miss Marple Mysteries Book 4) - Kindle edition by Christie, Agatha. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, Film locations of Miss Marple in Bournemouth, Film locations of Miss Marple in Sidmouth, Devils Spittleful and Rifle Range, Worcestershire, Former Police Station, Leek, Staffordshire, Houghton Lodge and Gardens, Stockbridge, Hampshire, Interior of St James' church, Chipping Campden, St Peter and St Paul's church, Northleach, The Elmdon Building, Birmingham International Airport, Parkstone, Bob Hann House - geograph.org.uk - 872991.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Film_locations_of_Miss_Marple&oldid=565227641, Film locations in the United Kingdom by production, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Sleeping Murder: Directed by Edward Hall. : Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. The first and second episode episode of the fourth series were broadcast in Ireland before transmission in UK. Previous biographers, who did not have access to the Notebooks, state that Sleeping Murder was written in 1940. The setting, period detail, and characters were all evocative of a storybook version of an era gone by. Talk quickly turns to murder, and Palgrave coyly asks her if she'd like to see a photograph of a serial killer. "[11] Kennedy, of course, is excellent, played just brilliantly. Yet Agatha Christie was always a very private person, and though Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became household names, the Queen of Crime was a complete enigma to all but her closest friends. In Sleeping Murder, she is frequently pulling bindweed from the neglected garden at the Reeds' home, but that may be a cover for searching for the site of the victim's burial. I especially liked Una Stubbs and Sarah Parish and it was a pleasure to see Dawn French and Russ Abbot in straight roles. As Miss Marple is apt to say, one English village is like another and Wychwood has its secrets like any other. Gwenda soon confides in Miss Marple and requests her help. Between them, they were to solve a perfect crime committed many years before. All resent his superior and demanding attitude. Robert Barnard: "Slightly somniferous mystery, written in the 'forties but published after Christie's death. Miss Marple is called in to solve the puzzle and protect Gwenda. Although written sometime in the 1940s or 1950s, it wasn't published until October 1976, a few months after Agatha Christie's death in January. All in all, a very effective adaptation of an excellent book. The adaptation is very faithful to the original novel; it does, however, alter some of the story's elements: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! I love to read, I enjoy the escape. I am so happy to be recommending this movie to many people out there and then when you have watched it tell all your friends about it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2021. James released her debut novel under this title leading to Miss Marple's last case being titled Sleeping Murder. Watching 'Sleeping Murder' scared me more than any other Miss Marple film, mainly due to the suspense. The police find Lily's body, strangled, in a copse near the train station. A young couple comes back to England and buys a house on a fancy from the wife. Of course, Poirot himself is a more interesting and quirky character, what with his vanity, his gastronomic delicacy, his mustache wax. The residents of Chipping Cleghorn are astonished to read an advert in the local newspaper that a murder will take place the following Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Little Paddocks, the home of Letitia Blacklock. On the day of the Lily Kimble murder, some things are omitted: Mr Fane the solicitor and Jimmy the autocar dealer are not invited to Gwenda and Giles's house by a mysterious letter, and the testimony of Lily Kimble's husband is scrapped. A great book well worth reading. It's her best for years."[10]. Christie's style of writing is current. Now Gwenda ponders her frightening image and the closing words of the play: are they real memories as well? It was transmitted in two 50-minute parts on Sunday, 11 January and Sunday, 18 January 1987. 9d. at the best online prices at eBay! She longs for companionship and desperately seeks solace from Sean who offers her a way out. When Clive Trevelyan - Member of Parliament, war hero and heir apparent to Prime Minister Winston Churchill- is killed, Miss Marple sets about to solve the case. The servants presumed this was from her husband, but it was not. Sleeping Murder (1987 film) From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Among the many guests, which include the innocuous Hillingdons, their unseemly American friends the Dysons, and gruff business tycoon Jason Rafiel, is garrulous Major Palgrave, who is friendly to all - much to everyone's chagrin. Only to find I was led down a path towards an incorrect conculusion. She introduces her characters and developes them so everyone can be a possible suspect. But I don't think this movie is the same as the one featured on this review page. Miss Marple is invited to the wedding of a friend, but the gaieties are interrupted when a stranger arrives; he provides the missing evidence which proves that the black sheep of the family, Jacko, was wrongfully hanged for murder. Christie's original manuscript of Sleeping Murder was entitled Murder in Retrospect after one of the chapters in the book. But, in the leading role, Sophia Myles had a magical quality that lifted the film to a much higher level. Dr James Kennedy: Helen's older half-brother, who raised her once both parents died. She came by an earlier train, but had Dr Kennedy's letter with her, for the later arrival time. Currently we are enjoying a spate of Joan Hickson's Miss Marple series on our free to air channel. (may contain spoilers click on expand to read). The history in the house, and the subsequent family tree research, had me hooked. Agatha Christie's Marple is a British ITV television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. As usual, Miss Marple is needed to uncover the hatred, jealousy, lust etc.