

Reasonably emotional too, as we revisit a relationship from Miss Marple's past and how it relates to the case. Intriguing - a few red herrings, and just when you think you know who did it, your theories are debunked. Quite engaging - the characters are given depth and we get to see the dynamics of the village before the crime is committed. One evening he is murdered while visiting the vicarage. His wife is having an affair with Mr Redding. Colonel Protheroe is a loud, bullying, intrusive, obnoxious man and is universally disliked, even by his family. There's the vicar, Leonard Clement, his son Dennis and his young wife Griselda Colonel Protheroe, his younger wife Anne and his daughter Lettice the young artist, Lawrence Redding Mrs Lester, a woman busybody-like person with a mysterious agenda.and Miss Jane Marple.
