Agatha Christie is the most DoDular mvsterv writer of all time．With over two billion copies of her books in print． her genius for detective fiction is unparalleled．She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime...
Something odd is happening at the local youth hostel on Hickory Road．Detective Hercule Poirot finds it“quite interesting．”One of its residents is a thief．But no ordinarv thief given the curious items missing：a diamond ring，a tube of lipstick，a stethoscope，and a cookbook．A petty crime?Hardly．In fact this bit of mischief has turned quite deadly．For a murder has now occurred on Hickory Road． The students are afraid．The staff is appalled．And Poirot is wondering…Who’s next?
“Poirot’s return to the happy hunting grounds of detective fiction is something of an event． As good as ever and…plenty of entertainment．”
---Times Literary Supplement