艾思佩在坐上下午4點50分從派汀頓發出的火車,準備前去探訪她的好友瑪波小姐。火車慢慢駛出,與另一輛平行的班車擦身而過。仿如被下了咒語一般,艾思佩原本靈動的眼睛在這一瞬間竟凍結了--
一個冷酷的男人正兩手緊緊地勒住一個女人的脖子,女人的身體扭曲成一團……
火車匆匆駛去,不敢相信眼前所見的艾思佩,心緒卻如火燄般熊熊燃燒起來。
那是一場幻覺亦或真實的----謀殺?
無人報案,沒有屍體,缺乏證據,誰會相信她這個花甲老婦的話?
果真有一場謀殺案發生嗎?艾思佩飽受質疑,只好求助瑪波小姐,於是瑪波「無中生有」、大展神威,解開一樁利用家庭衝突所製造的謀殺案,終於為老友及受害者狠狠出一口氣!
Agatha Christie's audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.
But who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses… and no corpse.