An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock’s Victorian house. Surely, this is a joke. But, when the lights go out, so does a victim. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death, a determined Inspector grimly following the twists and turns, and Miss Marple on hand to provide the final solution in a dramatic confrontation.
“Had the first night audience on the edge of their seats.” – Evening Post.
“Re-enter Agatha with another whodunit hit, another of her fiendishly ingenious murder mysteries.” – London Evening News.
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