Age Group: Adults

Description:

A desperate letter from wealthy businessman Paul Renauld brings Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings hurrying across the Channel to a quiet French seaside town. They arrive too late. Renauld is already dead, stabbed in the back and dumped face-down in a shallow grave on a half-finished golf course. His wife is discovered bound and gagged, his son has vanished, and the body is bafflingly dressed in someone else's overcoat. As Poirot unravels a tangle of family secrets, hidden identities, and old scandals, he clashes with a brash young French detective who is certain he has already solved the case. Meanwhile, Hastings finds himself unexpectedly falling for a mysterious young woman on the train. Christie's second Poirot novel is a twisting, beautifully plotted classic, packed with red herrings and a finale few readers see coming.