When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother's Richard funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard' s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it... But he was murdered, wasn't he?"
In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery...