As Elinor Carlisle stands before the Maidensford courts pleading not guilty to murder, her eyes meet those of a total stranger - the only man who believes in her innocence: Hercule Poirot. The case has sparked the interest of the Belgian detective. So have the suspicious events that have doomed Miss Carlisle to an inescapable fate. It began with a anonumous letter, a dying aunt, a handsome inheritance... and poison. Poirot's invetigation is about to draw him into the shadows of a deadly family secret, and a mistery that could save a woman's life- or end it...
Crime / Ficção / Suspense e Mistério