Anne Beddingfeld es una joven en busca de aventuras. Estas no tardarán en llegar al verse involucrada en una intriga de enormes dimensiones: un robo de diamantes, asesinatos, personajes que no siempre son lo que parecen y un enigmatico joven. Amor, amistad y secretos se entremezclan en las paginas de esta apasionante novela de la reina del misterio, Agatha Christie, con una protagonista adelantada a su epoca que vivira todo tipo de peligros en su afan por llegar al fondo del asunto.
Il se passe quelque chose d'anormal. Les dix personnes conviées sur l'île du Soldat en ont la certitude. Pourquoi leur hôtet est-il absent ?Soudain, une voix s'élève, accusant chaque invité d'un crim
Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her?Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family.A year before, the matriarch of the family was murdered and a son, Jack, was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.Throughout the trial Jack had maintained his innocence, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and he had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. Unable to locate this mystery man the police viewed Jack's as a lie. Calgary was the stranger in question, but he arrives to late for Jack - who succumbs to pneumonia after serving just six months of his sentence.Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelation has a disturbing effect on the family - it means one of the family is a murderer…