James Bentley is tried for the murder of Abigail McGinty, the charwoman of Broadhinny who also took in Bentley as her lodger. The evidence is overwhelming, and soon after he is sentenced to hang. Superintendent Spence is not convinced of the man's guilt, and so he visits Poirot, asking him to look into the case. Poirot then heads off to the village, where he becomes the paying guest of Maureen and Major Johnnie Summerhayes. Ariadne Oliver, Poirot's novelist friend, has also come to Broadhinny to collaborate on a stage adaptation of one of her novels with dramatist Robin Upward. With the clue of a bottle of ink purchased by the dead woman shortly before her death, Poirot searches Mrs. McGinty's belongings and finds an edition of The Sunday Comet newspaper, where an article concerning two women connected with famous murders has been cut out. With the story are two photographs of the women. Poirot discovers that Mrs. McGinty had seen one of the photographs before, and knew to whom it belonged to. But which woman was this case connected with Are any of the people living in Broadhinny related to these women, as one of their children Or perhaps one of them is one of the actual women The puzzle pieces begin to fit in, especially after Poirot is shoved into the path of an oncoming train by an unknown entity. But will the murderer strike agai
远近闻名的百万富翁理查德(约翰·卡森 John Carson 饰)去世了,为他的后代们留下了巨额的遗产。虽然所有人都为理查德的死感到伤心和遗憾,但也有一些人在心里偷着乐,尤其是那些经济上遭遇了危机的亲戚们,理查德的遗产无疑是降临在久旱的大地上的一场及时雨。理查德的妹妹科拉(莫妮卡·杜兰 Monica Dolan 饰)语出惊人,声称自己的哥哥是被谋杀的,第二天,科拉亦死于非命。
蒂莫西(本杰明·惠特罗 Benjamin Whitrow 饰)、乔治(迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰)、莫尔迪(安娜·考尔德-马歇尔 Anna Calder-Marshall 饰),每个人都有成为凶手的动机,当科拉的管家被人投毒时,大家意识到,杀戮仍在继续。