The beloved dowager detective, Miss Marple (Joan Hickson), unravels three of Agatha Christie's most popular brain-teasers: "A Murder Is Announced," "A Pocketful Of Rye" and the series premiere, "The Body In The Library." "A Murder Is Announced" (1985, 155min.) - Miss Marple's case begins as a party game "murder." But when Rudi Scherz, a waiter at the local hotel, falls dead, everyone present quickly realizes this is no game. "A Pocketful Of Rye" (1985, 101min.) - London financier Rex Fortescue is poisoned. As the murders mount, the clues point to an old nursery rhyme and Miss Marple must rush in to save her protege Gladys. "The Body In The Library" (1984, 151min.) - A pleasant country morning is marred by the discovery of a corpse in the home of Col. and Mrs. Bantry. When suspicion falls on the colonel, Miss Marple sets out to prove his innocence.