A perplexed girl thinks she might have killed someone… Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third who came to Poirot for help, disappeared convinced she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains.

But, without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot’s tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty innocent or insane…