Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases - each a miniature classic of characterisation, incident and suspense.
’All four tales are admirable entertainment ... her solutions are unexpected and satisfying.’
--Daily Mail
How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand manage to shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? How did the bullet that killed the eccentric Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore shatter a mirror in the other part of the room? And should the beautiful Valentine Chantry flee for her life from the holiday island of Rhodes - and the ever more complicated love triangle she has created there?
Hercule Poirot is faced with four mystifying cases - each a miniature classic of characterisation, incident and suspense.