Jane Marple comes to the assistance of Louisa and her young son Archie, desperately escaping her violent husband Philip. Jane takes them away to the secluded home of friend of Katherine Greenshaw, where Louisa adopts the post of Secretary. Greenshaw's Folly soon becomes the scene of three deaths, guest Horace Bindler, Cracken the Butler, and Katherine Greenshaw herself, it falls on Jane Marple to unravel the mystery alongside who knows of Miss Marple by her formidable reputation.
The Marple series ended very strongly I thought, the previous few episodes were very strong, as was this one, only Endless Night was a little short of the mark.
Some wonderful performances, Julia McKenzie made a great fist with the lead role, a mix of softness and toughness, she played it brilliantly. Fiona Shaw is a tremendously good actress, so charismatic and wonderfully eccentric, she's awesome as Katherine.
Two stories are told, unravelling and intertwining at the end, it's extremely well done, and the way it was written it could almost have been written as a story for Jane Marple, her involvement seems natural, one of the better non Marple stories that was adapted.
An intelligent, intriguing mystery, beautifully produced and well acted, little to fault. 9/10