Poirot's first case
Recently, there had been some strange goings at the Styles at St. Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs. Inglethorp, has stormed out of the house muttering something about a lot of sharks. And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Mrs. Inglethorp's sudden death only raises suspicion and discomfort. A shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, a bed of begonias, all Hercule Poirot requires to display is his legendary power of detection.