Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

I will wear a tie on set, and give it everything I have.' Since then, I have fallen deeper and deeper in love with the characters, and feel immensely honored to have been given the chance to retell their story in this form. 'The hairs on the back of my neck haven't properly settled down from the first time I grasped the beauty of the essential mystery. For Laurie's part, he's just happy to have a chance to adapt the book that he first read as a child. Though the novel is filled with plenty of danger, there's also plenty of levity that the main characters bring to the equation, which makes a comedically-inclined talent like Hugh Laurie the right man to adapt the book into a three-part limited series.Īs of now, Hugh Laurie is also working as writer, director and executive producer of the series, but it's hoped that he will also have some kind of role in the series. Left with only that mysterious question and a photo of a beautiful young woman in the dead man's pocket, Bobby Jones and his socialite friend Lady Frances 'Frankie' Derwent try to figure out who is responsible for this man's death and what these cryptic clues actually mean. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, 'Why didn't they ask Evans?' Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger! His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff.

If you've never encountered the mystery novel that was first published in 1934, here's the official synopsis: Deadline broke the news of the Why Didn't They Ask Evans? TV series in the works from Mammoth Screen, who also produced And Then There Were None and The ABC Murders.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie