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{{quote| "Mrs Welman, whose money went to Elinor Carlisle, was murdered by morphine; Mary Gerrard, who stood between Elinor Carlisle and her fiance, was murdered by morphine. And nobody in the world had the slightest motive to commit these murders other than the accused; noone had the slightest opportunity other than the accused."}}

 

 

 

The novel opens with a prologue where we get to see part of Elinor's trial and follow some of her thoughts, and proceeds with a series of flashbacks which tell the story in three parts. It contains [[Courtroom Drama]]; it's one of the two times Christie used the lovely-woman-in-the-docks plot (the other being ''[[Five Little Pigs]]'', to a much lesser extent.) Interestingly, instead of having a [[Summation Gathering]], the solution is presented at court at the end of the book. The novel has been criticized for its abrupt ending and lack of plausible suspects, but it has received positive reviews as a suspenseful and well-written detective story.