Americans are backing Prince Michael’s Nicholas cousin for the seat. British politicians are backing Prince Michael (the most logical and available member of the monarchy). Meanwhile, a plot is developing to restore the monarchy to Herzoslovakia, where the previous King and Queen were assassinated previously. One job is to deliver the draft of a memoir to a publisher, with the other to return letters to the woman who wrote them. It’s not as bad as some – The original title of ‘And then there none’, anyone? – but in the same way that everyone in Midsomer is white (at least for the first 20 something series), expect the usual words for ‘foreigners’ to be bandied about.Īt the beginning of a book, a man called Anthony Cade, who is established as being one who struggles to commit to settling down to any job for any length of time agrees to take on two jobs for his friend James McGrath. Easier to sell a Marple story than a Buttle story eh?Īs such, there are things in the book that are the same as the TV and much that is different – enough to allow for the reading of the book, especially when you haven’t watched the episode in a while.Īs with several of Christie’s (unedited) books, there is the usual casual racism that we have come to expect. If I remember correctly this was adapted to the TV as a Miss Marple case, I suppose to ensure it got the funding and the distribution/sales figures. Drawn into a web of intrigue, he begins to realize that the simple favor has placed him in serious danger.Īs events unfold, the combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Sûreté gradually converge on Chimneys, the great country estate that hides an amazing secret… Little did Anthony Cade suspect that an errand for a friend would place him at the center of a deadly conspiracy.
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