Poirot along with Inspector Catchpool is invited to Lillieoak, the residence of world renowned author, Athelinda Playford. At dinner, Lady Playford, very theatrically reveals that all her fortune is to go to her invalid secretary, Joseph Scotcher, instead of her own blood, her son and daughter.
Scotcher is surprised, of course, because the Brights disease he's suffering from might ensure that he passes away before his benefactor. Just when everyone is struggling with the new, appalling will of Lady Playford, a dead body is discovered, that of Joseph Scotcher.
The interesting aspect of this mystery is that there is a witness and very, very obvious suspects yet the situation remains unclear to who killed Scotcher and why.
The book is a must read, although not as thrilling as Death on the Nile or ABC Murders, yet it must excite you to read more Poirot for sure.
"A phenomenon I have had cause to notice time and again in both my professional and my social life is that when one meets a large group of people all at once, one somehow knows-as if by otherworldly instinct-which of them one will enjoy speaking to and which are worth avoiding."
- Sophie Hannah, Closed Casket
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