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After the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to the former film star Marina Gregg and her husband. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a benefit party for the local hospital, the grounds are thronged with curious visitors, and for one of them, the day ends in tragedy. As Marina is serving cocktails in the house, she is cornered by the excitable Heathe...(展開全部) After the death of her husband, Dolly Bantry sold Gossington Hall to the former film star Marina Gregg and her husband. When the glamorous couple decide to throw a benefit party for the local hospital, the grounds are thronged with curious visitors, and for one of them, the day ends in tragedy. As Marina is serving cocktails in the house, she is cornered by the excitable Heather Babcock, who chatters away about their former meeting about eleven years ago before spilling her daiquiri all over herself and Marina.Ever the gracious hostess, Marina offers her own untouched drink to Mrs Babcock - only to look on, horrified, as the lady dies in front of her. It is up to Miss Marple to find out who was really meant to take the poison that killed poor Heather Babcock. Could it be that Marina Gregg was the intended victim? If so, Miss Marple's task will not be an easy one, for the lady had an unusually large number of enemies...Agatha Christie's perplexing mystery is dramatized with a full cast including Ian Lavender, Gayle Hunnicutt and James Laurenson, with June Whitfield as the sharp-witted spinster sleuth. 阿加莎·克里斯蒂被譽為舉世公認的偵探推理小說女王。她的著作英文版銷售量逾10億冊,而且還被譯成百餘種文字,銷售量亦逾10億冊。她一生創作了80部偵探小說和短篇故事集,19部劇本,以及6部以瑪麗·維斯特麥考特的筆名出版的小說。著作數量之豐僅次於莎士比亞。 阿加莎·克里斯蒂的第一部小說《斯泰爾斯莊園奇案》寫於第一次世界大戰末,戰時她擔任志願救護隊員。在這部小說中她塑造了一個可愛的小個子比利時偵探赫爾克里·波格,成為繼福爾摩斯之後偵探小說中最受讀者歡迎的偵探形象。1926年,阿加莎·克里斯蒂寫出了自己的成名作《羅傑疑案》(又譯作《羅傑·艾克羅伊德謀殺案》)。1952年她最著名的劇本《捕鼠器》被搬上舞台,此後連續上演,時間之長久,創下了世界戲劇史上空前的紀錄。 1971年,阿加莎·克里斯蒂得英國女王冊封的女爵士封號。1975年,英格麗·褒曼憑藉根據阿加莎同名...(展開全部) 阿加莎·克里斯蒂被譽為舉世公認的偵探推理小說女王。她的著作英文版銷售量逾10億冊,而且還被譯成百餘種文字,銷售量亦逾10億冊。她一生創作了