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When Aunt Ada's belongings arrive, a painting is included which Tuppence does not believe was Aunt Ada's, however she finds a letter from Ada hidden in it which indicates that the contents of the picture will help to solve the mystery. Shortly after their visit, Tommy goes to the continent for MI6 and news comes through to Tuppence that Aunt Ada has died suddenly. While waiting for Tommy to finish talking to his aunt, Tuppence is press ganged into conversation with another old resident, Mrs Lancaster who tells her a confused tale of a murdered baby and the possible hiding place of the body. Miss Marple is also there visiting a friend of hers.

In this story, Tommy & Tuppence go to a nursing home to visit Tommy's crotchety old Aunt Ada. The title reference s a line in Shakespeare's Macbeth uttered by The Three Witches By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes. Regardless this is certainly an enjoyable Marple episode and the combination of the three of them works well.

Tommy & Tuppence appeared in a number of short stories and novels by Christie and as far as I can tell this story featured them only and not Miss Marple in the original novel. Tommy works for MI6 and his wife used to enjoy amateur sleuthing but more recently has resorted more to the bottle. This one is a little different to preceding ones in that it also involves a couple of other recurring Agatha Christie characters, Tommy & Tuppence (played by Anthony Andrews and Greta Scacchi).

It is impossible to describe the plot in detail without giving away the story and spoiling the twists. Both series were shown on ABC television here in Australia and both have been released as a series of DVDs by Roadshow.Īs you would expect from Agatha Christie, all of these new Miss Marple (played here by the wonderful Geraldine McEwan) stories are full of murder, twists, lies, red herrings and deceptions. Both of these characters have recently been brought to life again in a series of Granada Television telemovies over the last few years. Turn it off here.Īgatha Christie created two of the most enduring characters in crime fiction, Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. If you create a user account, you can add your own review of this DVD Agatha Christie-Marple-By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)

By the pricking of my thumbs miss marple