A serial killer challenges Hercule Poirot to catch him before he kills twenty-six people, beginning with Alice Ascher from Andover, one letter at a time.
Four sleuths, including Poirot, are invited to play bridge with four specially invited guests, each of whom had gotten away with murder. The host of the party is dead before the the game is barely started.
While vactioning in Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot is called upon to solve the murder of another member of the tour group. Many people had a motive for killing Mrs. Boynton, and it is up to Poirot to find the killer.
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, now aged and crippled, calls upon his old friend Captain Hastings to help him stop a murderer who is operating out of Styles Court, the scene of Poirot's first case.
Contains nine short mystery stories by Agatha Christie, including the title work about a young couple who open a new guest house, not realizing one of their first customers is a murderer.
