191 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 1953 by Published for the Crime Club by Collins.
191 pages
English language
Published Aug. 6, 1953 by Published for the Crime Club by Collins.
When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't itBut he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.