Julia McKenzie becomes the latest in a long line of actresses to essay the part of Agatha Christie's spinster sleuth Miss Jane Marple. She may look like she's engrossed in her knitting, but she doesn't let anything escape her attention.
In this story McKenzie is joined by two young companions, in fact one of them is young Sean Biggerstaff who finds a dying man on a cliff near his home. He lives long enough to give the words of the title as his last words. So why didn't they ask Evans, whomever Evans is?
The trail leads them to the Savage family mansion and this is one crazy crew. Two brothers who were the breadwinners died and the rest are a lot of upper crust wastrels with no intention of being anything else. That leads to opening up a large can of worms and an elaborate murder plot that claims another victim and the final victim is still a target.
By this time McKenzie and Biggerstaff are joined by Frankie Derwont who must have read some Nancy Drew books imported from America. She's a persistent young woman and Biggerstaff and her have some chemistry, but it takes time to gel.
Christie stories are timeless and the BBC has a new Marple who looks like she's enjoying the part.