"Does it matter ? She might have done it, yes ! I don't care if she did. I don't want her hanged, I tell you ! ". Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning : only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty : Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows ...
"Poirot solves another tough, exciting case". Daily Mail. "Agatha Christie has done it again, wich is all you need to know ! ". Observer
