Poirot is asked by a friend, who is the director of the Northern Union Insurance Company, to investigate the case of a middle-aged man who died of an internal haemorrhage just a few weeks after insuring his life for fifty thousand pounds. There were rumours that Mr Maltravers was in a difficult financial position and the suggestion has been made that he paid the insurance premiums and then committed suicide for the benefit of his beautiful young wife. Was it a suicide? Poirot and Hastings will get to the bottom of the matter to discover, as in most of their cases, that nothing is what it seems.
Agatha Christie, was an english detective novelist and playwright. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages. Agatha Christies´ most famous novels include And Then There Were None; Murder on the Orient Express; The ABC Murders and many others. In addition to her celebrated Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie also created amateur detectives Thomas Beresford and his wife, Prudence. |
