An English country house at Christmas time, with its crackling log fires and fine food, may seem an incongruous setting for a crime - but a sinister note left on his pillow warns Hercule Poirot to be on his guard. It is the first of five baffling cases for Poirot : it is followed by a corpse in a Spanish chest ; a quarrel that led to murder ; a dead man who altered his eating habits ; a victim who dreamt his own suicide.
And for the icing on the cake - a sixth story featuring Miss Marple and her visit to Greenshaw's Folly...
