# Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death (spoilers?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-appointment-with-death-spoilers/302300 "2005-05-04T00:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiltypig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@tiltypig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiltypig)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-appointment-with-death-spoilers/302300/1 "2005-05-04T00:10:56Z")
What I want to know is: whodunit? I saw the first half of the PBS special, won’t be watching the second half, and I’m curious to see who it is. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-appointment-with-death-spoilers/302300/2 "2005-05-04T00:17:06Z")
I don’t know if the plot has been changed in the version you were watching, but in the original novel, the murderer was: Lady Westholme, the MP, who had orginally been in gaol in the US before going to the UK and becoming an MP. Mrs Boynton knew this from her time working as a gaoler. ---
**Author:** ![tiltypig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@tiltypig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiltypig)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-appointment-with-death-spoilers/302300/3 "2005-05-04T00:30:34Z")
Thanks! I realized after I posted my question that I had the name of the series wrong :smack: Fortunately, I found what I was looking for here: (spoilers!) > **[A Murder is Announced](https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7057)** > > The small town of Chipping Cleghorn is excited by the > announcement on the...