First broadcast: 21st February 1985.

East Anglia. The late 1940s.
Gerry Burton, accompanied by his sister Joanna, has gone to the little village of Lymston to convalesce after an accident. The village seems to welcome them with open arms. But there are dark mysterious undercurrents at work and it's not long before Miss Marple comes to visit.

Miss Marple: Joan Hickson
Edward Symmington: Michael Culver
Eryl Griffith: Sandra Payne
Mr Pye: Richard Pearson
Gerry Burton: Andrew Bicknell
Angela Symmington: Elizabeth Counsell
Joanna Burton: Sabina Franklyn
Maud Calthrop: Dilys Hamlett
Megan Hunter: Deborah Appleby
Robert Symmington: Lucy Gleeson
James Symmington: Stuart Mansfield
Emily Barton: Hilary Mason
The Rev Guy Calthrop: John Arnatt
Owen Griffith: Martin Fisk
Partridge: Penelope Lee
Beatrice: Juliet Waley
Elsie Holland: Imogen Bickford-Smith
Coroner: Gerald Sim
Police Supt Nash: Geoffrey Davion
Miss Ginch: Ninka Scott
Mrs Cleat: Patsy Smart
Mr Cleat: Gordon Rollings
George: Michael Waterman
Det Insp Crawford: Roger Ostime
PC Johnson: Victor Maddern
Rose: Catherine Owen