Originally published: London: Collins, 1953.
When Cora is murdered, the remark she made the previous day at her brother's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. She had been heard questioning if he was murdered. In desperation, the solicitor turns to Poirot to solve the mystery. The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly - and his sister is convinced it was murder..When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance.At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: `It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it.But he was murdered, wasn't he?'In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.