"Let us see, Mr Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be." Murder is a very simple crime. But at the hands of a maniac, a serial killer, it becomes a very complicated business. With the whole country in a state of panic, the killer is growing more confident with each successive execution - Mrs Ascher in Andover, Betty Barnard in Bexhill, Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston ... But laying a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just be his first mistake.
