Mrs. McGinty's dead: With help from mystery novelist and old friend Ariadne Oliver, Poirot tries to save a man from hanging for a murder he might not have committed. As the famous sleuth tracks down the real killer, he finds his own life at risk. Cat among the pigeons: As Meadowbank School for Girls begins its term, a new student causes the headmistress unease. Princess Shaista is a political refugee hiding from revolutionaries in her native...

"Distressed young heiress Norma Restarick comes to see Hercule Poirot about 'a murder she might have committed.' The detective consults an old acquaintance, crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, who lives in the same building as the young woman and her two roommates. When Norma's childhood nanny is found dead, apparently by suicide, Poirot believes he has identified the victim. Next he must deduce the killer, while Norma's family fears for her sanity"--Container....