Ariadne Oliver, the celebrated crime novelist, grows increasingly uneasy while organizing a mock murder hunt for a village fete at Sir George and Lady Stubbs' estate. Trusting her instincts, she calls upon her old friend Hercule Poirot to investigate her vague sense of foreboding. When the pretend murder victim is found dead with a rope around her neck, Oliver's premonition proves tragically accurate, launching Poirot into one of his most intriguing cases.
