Stories: Taken at the Flood

A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man’s sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by ‘spirits’ that Mrs Underhay’s first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman’s true motive for approaching him.

Stories: A Christmas Tragedy

Miss Marple meets a couple and immediately knows the husband means to kill the wife. But when the wife is found murdered, he has an alibi - could Miss Marple have been wrong? From The Thirteen Problems.

Stories: Death by Drowning

A local girl, discovering she was pregnant, threw herself from a bridge, but Miss Marple suspects foul play. From The Thirteen Problems.

Stories: Greenshaw's Folly

Raymond West gets drawn into the most deadly adventure when he visits Greenshaw's Folly. The lady of the house is drawing up a will, but when she is murdered a few days later, all the suspects have alibis. Can West's aunt, Miss Marple solve the case?

Stories: Motive vs. Opportunity

A rich man intends to leave his estate to his nephew and two nieces, but just before he dies he changes his will to include a medium who has convinced him his nephew is a fraud. From The Thirteen Problems.

Stories: Sanctuary

Diana Harmon arrives at the local church only to discover a dying man. His final words are hard to understand but she can make out the word ‘sanctuary’...

Stories: Strange Jest

Have the two nephews Edward Rossiter and Charmain Stroud really been left nothing in their uncle's will? His promise while alive suggests otherwise and Miss Marple intends to investigate. From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories and Miss Marple's Final Cases.

Stories: Tape-Measure Murder

Mrs Spenlow is found murdered and the only person unaffected by the loss seems to be her husband. His alibi was a visit to Miss Marple, but can she prove his innocence? From Three Blind Mice and Other Stories and Miss Marple's Final Cases.

Stories: The Bloodstained Pavement

The Tuesday Night club listen to Joyce's tale of seeing blood stains on the pavement - a warning that a death will occur with 24 hours. Soon after a woman drowns... From The Thirteen Problems.

Stories: The Blue Geranium

Mrs Pritchard lives in fear of a psychic's message: blue primrose is a warning, blue hollyhock is danger, and the blue geranium is death. From The Thirteen Problems.