Author Avatar: Another appearance of Ariadne Oliver, the old lady mystery writer who is clearly Agatha Christie herself.Adjective Animal Alehouse: "The Pale Horse", that being an old inn, now a private residence inhabited by creepy possible murderer Thyrza Gray and her two creepy companions.Mark is not caught, but he does not escape fate: after he learns the truth from Osborne and kills him, it seems Mark dies himself in a surreal, hellish ending. The names on the Davis list are suspected killers, not victims, and Mark's own name ends up on the list with a question mark because his first wife visited the Pale Horse the day she died and the witches mention his name to Davis. In fact, he murdered his first wife by electrocuting her in the bathtub. Adaptational Villainy: In the BBC adaptation, Mark Easterbrook lies to the police: he was with Thomasina the night she died, cheating on his second wife.There had been two prior ITV adaptations, one of which consisted of an episode of Marple. Mark and his friend, high-spirited socialite Ginger Corrigan, resolve to find out just what The Pale Horse is up to.Ī 2 part BBC adaptation aired in 2020, starring Rufus Sewell, Georgina Campbell, Bertie Carvel, Sean Pertwee and Kaya Scodelario. It's now a private residence inhabited by a creepy woman, Thyrza Gray, who claims to have the ability to kill people using psychic powers. He's startled to find out that the village has an old inn called The Pale Horse. Soon after, Mark has occasion to visit the country village of Much Deeping. Mark connects this with an offhand comment by his airheaded lady friend Poppy, who claims to have heard about some mysterious organization called "the Pale Horse" that is in the business of murdering people. The police are puzzled, but Mark recognizes two of the names as being acquaintances of his who have died recently. Father Gorman had on his person a mysterious lists of names. Davis's side, only to be bashed in the head and murdered minutes later in the street. It seems that one Father Gorman came to the bedside of an older lady, Mrs. Mark has a chat with a police friend of his, who tells him about a strange case. Instead, the hero is wealthy young bachelor Mark Easterbrook. It features neither of her two most famous detectives, Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot. The Pale Horse is a 1961 mystery novel by Agatha Christie.
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