Ex-policeman Luke Fitzwilliam doesn't believe little old Miss Pinkerton when says she's off to Scotland Yard to report a serial killer on the loose in her quiet English village.

But he's soon forced to reconsider...

Agatha Christie's thriller first published in 1939.

Dramatised in three parts by Joy Wilkinson.

Luke .... Patrick Baladi
Bridget .... Lydia Leonard
Lord Whitfield .... Michael Cochrane
Miss Waynflete .... Marcia Warren
Miss Pinkerton .... Marlene Sidaway
Billy Bones/Rivers .... Patrick Brennan
Reverend Wake .... Thomas Wheatley
Rose .... Lizzy Watts
Abbott .... Paul Stonehouse
Ellsworthy .... Ben Crowe
Dr Thomas .... Will Howard
Major Horton .... Robert Blythe

Director: Mary Peate

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013. Show less