Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering.
Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool. Neither knows why he has been invited - until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike.
Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery!