Ordeal by Innocence (Queen of Mystery)

Soon to be a limited streaming series starring Anna Chancellor and Bill Nighy Considered by critics as one of the best of Agatha Christies later novels, and a personal favorite for Christie herself, Ordeal by Innocence is a psychological thriller involving crimes from both past and present. According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonment. But when Dr. Arthur Calgary arrives with the proof that confirms Jackos innocence, it is too lateJacko died behind bars following a bout of pneumonia. Worse still, the doctors revelations reopen old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer will strike again.