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J ames Bentley is tried for th e murder o f Abigail McGinty, the charwoman of B roadhinn y who also to ok in Bentley as her lodge r. The evidence is o verwh elming , and soon after he is sen tenced to h ang. Super inte ndent Spence is not convinced o f the man39;s g uilt, and so he visits P oirot, asking him to look into the c ase. Poirot then h eads off to the village, whe re he becomes the paying guest of Maureen and Major Jo hnnie S ummerha yes. Ariadne Oliver, Poir ot's n ovelist friend, has also come to Broadhinny to collaborat e on a stage adaptat ion of one of her novels with dramati st Robin Up ward. With th e clue of a bottle of in k purcha sed by th e dead woman shortly bef ore her deat h, Poirot se arches Mrs . McGinty's belongin gs and finds an edition of The Su nday Comet newsp aper, where an article concerning two women connected with famous murders has been cut out. With the story are two photogra phs of the women. Po irot disco vers that Mrs. McGinty had seen one of the photographs bef ore, and knew to whom it belong ed t o. Bu t which woman was th is case connect ed with? Ar e any of the people living in Broadhinny related to these wome n, as one of their chi ldren? Or perhaps one of them is one of th e actual women? The puzz le pieces begi n to fit in, especially after Poir ot is shoved into the path of an oncom ing train by an un known entity. But will the murder er str ike again? 她朝两边的贵宾席和 下面的看台,团团一揖, “佐蒙人是肯定要杀我的,他 们善用渗透之法,所以,林蹊在此 恳请诸位前辈,诸位道友,看在我也算为仙界立过一点功劳的份上,一起监督一下,在 我未晋天仙之前,不要让任何人,以任何理由,打断我在刑堂 的工作。
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