The bodies seem to be piling up at Enderby Hall. First, the very wealthy Richard Abernethie dies suddenly. Then, his sister is murdered with a hatchet. Several days later, her companion is sent a sliver of wedding cake steeped in arsenic. No wonder the family solicitor calls in master sleuth Hercule Poirot.

Also published as After the Funeral. Oddly enough, the novel was adapted for the screen as a Jane Marple movie, Murder at the Gallop.