An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will... Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive the opportunity & the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet inside the hostile courtroom only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor & the gallows...