SetduringtheBlitzin1940sLondon.AfterwritingtwelvePoirotnovelsinsixyears,AgathaChristieshouldbearichwoman.Insteadshe’sstrugglingtomakeendsmeet.Asthemoneyrunsout,Agathaconcoctsaplantokilloffhermostfamouscreationandsellthemanuscripttoasuperfan.WhenAgatha’swould-be-buyersuffersaheartattack,itseemsunfortunatebutbenign.Whenhermanuscriptisstolen,awiderconspiracybeginstotakeshape.Asthebombsfallandsheinvestigates,thedangerofhersituationbecomesapparent;Agathaherselfisthekiller’snexttarget.
