DETECTIVE: Hercule Poirot
ALLIES: Captain Arthur Hastings, Inspector James Japp
OTHER CHARACTERS: Jane Wilkinson, George Alfred St. Vincent Marsh (Lord Edgware), Ronald Marsh, Geraldine Marsh, Bryan Martin, Jenny Driver, Miss Carroll, Alton, The Duke of Merton, The Dowager Duchess of Merton, Sir Montague & Lady Corner, Donald Ross, Carlotta Adams
SUMMARY: The glamorous movie star Jane Wilkinson did not attempt to conceal her desire to be rid of her husband, the mean millionaire Lord Edgware. So when Lord Edgware is discovered murdered in his study, the eye of suspicion rests on her, especially as she was seen entering the study shortly before the murder occurred. But is she really guilty? Poirot has doubts.....
NUMBER OF DEATHS: 3
METHOD OF MURDER: stabbing (2), poisoning