Distant,cousins,and,childhood,friends,Elinor,Carlisle,and,Roddy,Welman,are,happily,engaged,to,be,married.,One,day,Elinor,receives,an,anonymous,letter,in,the,post,,claiming,that,someone,is,trying,their,hardest,to,work,their,way,into,the,affection,,and,subsequently,also,bank,account,,of,her,wealthy,aunt,Laura,Welman,,who,is,presently,bedridden,at,her,home,since,after,a,stroke,and,from,whose,death,Elinor,and,Roddy,both,expect,to,inherit,a,large,fortune.,Not,knowing,what,to,make,of,the,letter,,the,young,couple,eventually,decide,to,pay,Laura,a,visit,in,order,to,see,for,themselves,what,is,really,going,on,at,the,house.,When,they,arrive,,Elinor,immediately,becomes,suspicious,towards,Mary,Gerrard,,the,lodge,keeper‘s,daughter,,recently,returned,to,England,after,having,studied,in,Europe,and,whom,everyone,else,at,the,house,seem,to,absolutely,dote,on.,No,one,else,however,seem,to,share,Elinor‘s,suspicions,or,dislike,of,the,young,woman,,and,in,particular,not,Roddy,,whom,Elinor,one,night,discovers,kissing,Mary,Gerrard,in,her,aunt‘s,drawing,room.,When,Mary,suddenly,turns,up,dead,,poisoned,by,a,salmon,sandwich,,Elinor‘s,dislike,of,Mary,makes,her,the,obvious,suspect,and,hardly,has,time,to,take,in,what,has,happened,before,she,finds,herself,on,trial,and,condemned,for,murder.,The,only,person,who,is,not,entirely,convinced,of,Elinor‘s,guilt,is,Doctor,Peter,Lord,,who,decides,to,contact,his,old,friend,Hercule,Poirot,in,order,to,help,him,prove,her,innocence.
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