On waking to find a young woman’s body on the hearth rug of her library, Mrs Brantry calls her good friend Miss Marple…

This was clever - I never guessed whodunnit or how the whole thing was orchestrated. So, a great puzzle of a murder mystery, which also highlights changes in society at the time around class and money.

But, for a Miss Marple mystery, she hardly features - her inclusion almost felt like an afterthought. I’m fairly apathetic towards Miss Marple (sorry to the fans) and even I was mildly dismayed by that - luckily the actual mystery was a good one!

A clever, twisty and scandalous murder mystery couched in the gossip of village life.