This classic British mystery from “a master of the whodunnit ... combines a flawless plot, witty dialogue and a touch of surreal hilarity” (The New York Times Book Review).

In The Basement Quilt, the debut novel by Ann Hazelwood, you got to know the family and friends of Ann Brown, a plucky florist whose daily ups and downs are as familiar as your own. In this follow-up book, Ann and her fiancé start house-hunting…or is that haunting?

The award-winning author of Already Dead “skillfully portrays a stunning landscape with a dark heart that conceals secrets, vendettas and revenge” (Daily Mail).

The normally unflappable Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling investigation: the seemingly motiveless murder of the thirteenth guest at dinner party, who choked to death on a cocktail containing not a trace of poison.