Suspicion review – blink and you’ll miss Uma Thurman in this kidnap thriller

Why did a fake member of the royal family stuff a student into a suitcase? Could four unconnected Brits be to blame? And how did Thurman get so much press for such a tiny cameo?

Generally speaking, I'm a fan of what we might call the unlocked room mystery. The kind where someone is murdered or otherwise indisposed and we are then introduced to a wide variety of characters who may or may not have something to do with it or each other. Then all you have to do is wait patiently for the doughty police officers in charge to sniff out any red herrings and present you with the individual or web responsible.

But ya gotta keep things tight and urgent if you're going to pull off this kind of caper. The latest, Suspicion (Apple+ TV), is a loose, baggy thing that only begins to approach the necessary slickness a good quarter of the way through its eight-episode run.