When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.

BBC TV adaption of the Agatha Christie's novel. A young recently married woman, Gwenda Reed, comes back to England after living most of her life in New Zealand. While her husband, Giles, is out of the country she buys a house for them and starts recalling memories which make her start to think that perhaps she had lived in the house before. It's only then, while dining out with friends, that a chance remark triggered off a frightening memory, as a little girl, looking down at a woman's body and the murderer with "monkey paws" hands. Gwenda is determined to find out the sources of this memory. The killer, thought that he/she was safe after eighteen years and is prepared to kill to cover up the past. But Gwenda has help as one of her dining friends is Raymond West, who has a very special Aunt who is willing to help Gwenda - Miss Jane Marple...—Lee Horton <[email protected]>

The New Zealander Gwenda Reed settles in England with her new husband, an English businessman who had spend the last few years working in New Zealand. Despite supposedly having never visited the United Kingdom before, Gwenda insists on settling in the small town of Dillmouth in Devon. She insists on purchasing a particularly large and old house which she finds to be irresistible. She seems to be already familiar with several of the house's rooms, and she has a recurring thought that someone died in the house's stairs. Gwenda makes several renovations to the house, but quickly realizes that she is actually restoring the house to the form which it had two decades ago. Gwenda spends some time in London with her husband's cousin, the writer Raymond West. She is introduced to Raymond's aunt, the amateur detective Jane Marple. While watching a performance of the play "The Duchess of Malfi" (1612-1613) by John Webster, Gwenda finds her traumatic memories from her childhood resurfacing. She lived in that old house with her father during her early childhood. And she witnessed the brutal murder of her young stepmother Helen Kennedy, shortly before being send to New Zealand to be raised by relatives. Gwenda learns that Helen's death was never reported, and that everyone thinks that Helen run away with an unknown lover. Gwenda is determined to find out what actually happened to Helen, and who killed her. Marple warns her that there may be dangers ahead for her. Marple recalls the story of an acquaintance who wanted to investigate the past of his deceased mother, and instead found out a disturbing truth about his own past. Gwenda goes ahead anyway with the investigation. The investigation's path soon leads her to interview's with Helen's estranged half-brother, and to the mental hospital where Gwenda's father spend his last few years. Gwenda is increasingly troubled by what she is told, but persists in finding out the truth behind the various tales about her family.—Dimos I

Having recently moved to England, transplanted New Zealanders Gwenda and Giles Reed are settling into their new home. Gwenda had fallen in love with the place the instant she saw it but as time goes by, she develops a sense of déjà vu about the place. As far as she is aware, she has never before been in England but she knows the pattern of the old wallpaper they find on the walls and the location of a now covered over doorway. When she begins to remember seeing someone murdered at the bottom of the staircase however, she is convinced she is going mad. Miss Marple however has an explanation not only for why she may be having these memories but also solves the mystery of the murder victim and her murderer.—garykmcd