In this classic Hercule Poirot mystery from the Queen of Crime, a kindly widow is bludgeoned to death. Is her lodger guilty? Or is he being framed? Either way, the condemned man's time is running out. Well, it's no wonder. The plot--suspicion for an elderly woman's murder falls on her mysterious lodger--is from Agatha Christie. The wonderful character happens to be the world's most famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot.