But the thugs prove untraceable even as the roster of suspects expands. Renauld's wife, found bound and gagged in her bedroom, identifies a pair of masked intruders as the likeliest culprits. Stabbed in the back, Poirot's would-be client lies in a shallow grave on the golf course alongside his estate. The Belgian sleuth - accompanied by Captain Hastings, his friend from The Mysterious Affair at Styles - rushes to answer the call but arrives too late.
A wealthy English financier living in France, Renauld hints at being in possession of a deadly secret. "For God's sake, come!" implores the letter to Hercule Poirot from Paul Renauld. "Here is a remarkably good detective story." - The New York Times Book Review
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