Sheila Webb, a typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks, each one set to adifferent time. Even more mysterious is the fact that noliving soul ever requested Miss Webb's services. By thetime the authorities arrive, four of the clocks havevanished. And unfortunately, the blind mistress of Number19 never saw a thing. Luckily the retired Hercule Poirot hasnothing but time to piece together one of the most baffling puzzles of his career...

Sheila Webb, a typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks, each one set to adifferent time. Even more mysterious is the fact that noliving soul ever requested Miss Webb"s services. By thetime the authorities arrive, four of the clocks havevanished. And unfortunately, the blind mistress of Number19 never saw a thing. Luckily the retired Hercule Poirot hasnothing but time to piece together one of the most baffling puzzles of his career...

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1 COLIN LAMB"S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4 COLIN LAMB"S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13 COLIN LAMB"S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27 COLIN LAMB"S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER 28 COLIN LAMB"S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER 29 COLIN LAMB"S NARRATIVE