Agatha Christie is the most popular mvsterv writer Of a11 time．With over two billion copies of her books in print， her genius for detQective fiction is unparalleled She s trulythe one and only ueen of Crime
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 detectivve.So have the suspicious events that have doomed Miss Carlisle to an inescapable fate．It began with an anonymous letter，a dying aunt，a handsome inheritance…and poison Poirot’s investigation is about to draw him into the shadows of a deadly family secret，and a mystery that could save a woman’s 1ife—or end it…