Miss Marple uncovers a mystery when she looks into the curious sacking of a lady's maid.

Her investigative skills are also required when her nephew, crime writer Raymond West, arrives on the doorstep with a severe case of writer's block...

June Whitfield stars as Miss Marple

Agatha Christie's whodunnit, first published in 1942.

Short story dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.

Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield
Raymond West ...... Raymond Coulthard
Lavinia Skinner ...... Claudie Blakley
Emily Skinner ...... Tracy Wiles
Inspector Slack ...... Stephen Critchlow
Miss Hartnell ...... Jessica Turner
Edna ...... Alex Tregear

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015. Show less