In a vast Victorian mansion, the Abernethie family has gathered for the reading of a will. While the master of Enderby Hall, "taken very suddenly," has generously provided for his heirs, his sister Cora has been left with something more:the dreadful suspicion that the kindly patriarch met with foul play. But before Cora has the chance to cry murderl she's banished from the family tree--with eight blows of a hatchet. And detective Hercule Poirot suspects that she won't be the last to go...

  In a vast Victorian mansion, the Abernethie family has gathered for the reading of a will. While the master of Enderby Hall, "taken very suddenly," has generously provided for his heirs, his sister Cora has been left with something more:the dreadful suspicion that the kindly patriarch met with foul play. But before Cora has the chance to cry murderl she"s banished from the family tree--with eight blows of a hatchet. And detective Hercule Poirot suspects that she won"t be the last to go...

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25