"What I intend to say to you will come as a shock..." With these words, Lady Athelinda Playford-- one of the world's most beloved children's authors-- springs a surprise on the lawyer entrusted with her will. As guests arrive for a party at her Irish mansion, Lady Playford has decided to cut off her two children without a penny-- and leave her vast fortune to someone else: an invalid who has only weeks to live. Among Lady Playford's visitors are two strangers: the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited-- until Poirot begins to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murder. But why does she seem so determined to provoke a killer? And why-- when the crime is committed despite Poirot's best efforts to stop it-- does the identity of the victim make no sense at all?
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Physical Description:viii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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