There was an interview with Sophie Hannah I think it was, on the All About Agatha podcast where she spoke about books you read where you can just feel Christie was enjoying herself while writing them, and I really got the feeling during the reread that this was one of them. I think this has been one of my most enjoyable rereads after The Murder at the Vicarage actually.
15 Pl.Well, I have to say I loved rereading this one.Englefield House, Berkshire - Yew Tree Lodge.Greg Bennett as Police Constable (uncredited).Edward Tudor-Pole as Professor Bernsdorrf.In the letter Gladys describes what has happened and includes a photograph of her with Albert Evans. Miss Marple goes back to St Mary Mead and there finds a letter from Gladys which contains the damning evidence which Inspector Neele needs to bring the killer to justice. The episode ends the same way as the original novel. In the book these interviews were done by Inspector Neele. She visits Mrs Mackenzie to learn about the history between her late husband and Rex Fortesque. Miss Marple plays a larger role in the episode than in the book.The discovery of the body of Gladys is now made by Mrs Crump instead of Ellen. The character of the housemaid Ellen Curtis is also deleted.The revelations by Miss Ramsbottom about the Blackbird Mine now come from Crump while drunk and also from Lance. The character of Miss Ramsbottom is deleted.The episode is highly faithful to the plot of the original with only a few minor changes. (may contain spoilers - click on expand to read) She soon learns that the elder Fortescue had received veiled threats for some time and that they might have something to do with a long ago business deal that made his initial fortune. Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when her former maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also murdered. He suddenly appears soon after his father's death claiming that they had reconciled and been invited by him to return to England with an offer to rejoin the firm.
Another son, Lance, had a falling out with his father many years before and relocated to East Africa.
His son Percival, a partner in the family firm, was a disappointment to him and a daughter, Elaine, hasn't amounted to much. He was married to a much younger wife, who now stands to inherit. When Rex Fortescue dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it's determined that he was in fact poisoned.
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