Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, perfect
companions set for a life of ease when they inherit Aunt Laura's considerable
fortune. But a poison pen letter begins a chain of events which is to end in
tragedy. Convinced that Mary Gerrard, a childhood playmate of Elinor's, is
attempting to ingratiate herself with her aunt for financial gain, the pair
travel to the family home to investigate. They find no evidence but Roddy falls
desperately in love with the beautiful Mary, little realising that beneath
Elinor's restrained and unemotional exterior lies an almost obsessive passion
for him. Elinor obeys her aunt's deathbed wish despite her heartbreak, and gives
Mary a large bequest from the estate. But when Mary is found poisoned, the
evidence against Elinor is damning. It's up to Hercule Poirot to find out if the
case is as simple as it seems...