The Pale Horse was a converted Tudor inn tucked away in an English village, inhabited by the local witch, a learned female occultist and an inane medium draped in saris and beads.
Mark Easterbrook might have dismissed them as three harmless fools - if he had not suspected that the house was the headquarters of a gang that specialized in the removal of rich, unwanted relatives...
EVENING STANDARD
'The set-up is brilliantly ingenious...one of Miss Christie's best books for some time'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A really stunning conclusion, the finishing touch of master hand'
SCOTSMAN