There is an idea prevalent that a detective story is rather like a big race - a number of starters - likely horses and jockeys. 'You pays your money and you takes your choice！' The favourite is by common consent the opposite of a favourite on the race-course. In other words he is likely to be a complete outsider！ Spot the least likely person to have committed the crime and in nine times out of ten your task is finished.
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Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host.Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection.
Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether...
1 Mr Shaitana 9
2 Dinner at Mr Shaitana's 17
3 A Game of Bridge 29
4 First Murderer? 41
5 Second Murderer? 53
6 Third Murderer? 59
7 Fourth Murderer? 69
8 Which of Them? 75
9 DrRoberts 91
10 Dr Roberts (continued) 105
11 Mrs Lorrimer 117
12 Anne Meredith 127
13 Second Visitor 137
14 Third Visitor 149
15 Major Despard 161
16 The Evidence of Elsie Batt 171
17 The Evidence of Rhoda Dawes 179
18 Tea Interlude 191
19 Consultation 199
20 The Evidence of Mrs Luxmore 219
21 MajorDespard 229
22 Evidence from Combeacre 237
23 The Evidence of a Pair of Silk Stockings 241
24 Elimination of Three Murderers? 251
25 Mrs Lorrimer Speaks 259
26 The Truth 265
27 The Eye-Wimess 277
28 Suicide 283
29 Accident 295
30 Murder 305
31 Cards on the Table 313
