"Good air, a quiet life, no work. This is your prescription." Following this doctor's advice, pilot Jerry Burton, recovering from an injury, and his sister Joanna decide to move to Limstock. It was a peaceful village cut off from the world, where nothing ever happened, and where they had no acquaintances. Instead of living a calm and peaceful everyday life, they find themselves at the center of events: anonymous, malicious letters, suicide, murder... Each of the seemingly harmless and kind villagers is a potential criminal. Only Miss Marple's insightful mind, well versed in human nature, will be able to uncover the truth.
