We are absolute maniacs in my house for Agatha Christie. But some are better than others.
IMHO, the Joan Hickson Miss Marple are far and away the best AC Mysteries ever produced. They have an actual feel for the time than gives them an authenticity for older England. For instance, she quotes the bible regularly and acts just like an old fashioned fussy old spinster would act.
The newer ones are “updated” to leave this feeling out. Plus they play absolute havoc with the books. In the Poirot series they actually made a character gay that wasn’t in the books.
My personal fave is Nemesis. “Let justice roll down like everlasting streams”.
I don’t agree on (the Suchet) Poirot’s being gay. One of the mysteries, focusing on a Belgian case when he was still on the police force, shows that he was utterly smitten with a young lady. And it is suggested that he continued to wear throughout his career the gift (a Victorian boutonniere pin) she gave him for his help on that case. Eccentric and persnickety don’t always spell gay.
Yes, I loved ‘Nemesis’ too. I found it to have a different feel than most of the otherMarple mysteries. And the look in her eyes at the end, when the lines about Nemesis were quoted..you could actually see an otherworldly vengeance in her eyes. Great acting!