First broadcast 29th December 1991.

Asked by a childhood friend to go to Stonygates, Miss Marple finds herself in the midst of a bizarre menage - an eccentric extended family and a reformatory for young criminals - where violence seems just below the surface.

Miss Marple: Joan Hickson
Carrie-Louise Serrocold: Jean Simmons
Lewis Serrocold: Joss Ackland
Ruth Van Rydock: Faith Brook
Det Chief Insp Slack: David Horovitch
Det Sgt Lake: Ian Brimble
Edgar Lawson: Neal Swettenham
Mildred Strete: Gillian Barge
Alex Restarick: Christopher Villiers
Stephen Restarick: Jay Villiers
Gina Hudd: Holly Aird
Walter Hudd: Todd Boyce
Dr Maseryk: Saul Reichlin
Christian Gulbrandsen: John Bott
Ernie: Matthew Cottle
Neville: David Doyle
Bert: Jake Wood
Keithie: Tom Kerridge
Mrs Rodgers: Brenda Cowling
WPC: Anne Atkins