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The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly ? and his sister is convinced it was murder?.
When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard?s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance.
At the reading of Richard?s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ?It?s been hushed up very nicely, hasn?t it?But he was murdered, wasn?t he??
In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.