The writer Ariadne Oliver is invited to a friend’s house, where preparations are in full swing for celebrating Halloween — a fun carnival for children and adults. One of the guests is a teenage girl known for her love of telling lies about all sorts of secrets. And now she amazed the society with the story that she had once seen the most real murder! Nobody believed her. And suddenly that evening she was found … drowned in a bucket of water and apples! It’s damn weird. Who needs the girl’s death? Perhaps she actually saw something that posed a danger to someone present at the party? In any case, Hercule Poirot, who undertook to help Mrs. Oliver, his old friend, faced the difficult task of ripping off the killer’s carnival mask and revealing his face to society …
This dark, ominous book was dedicated to Agatha Christie, the famous British comedian, author of stories about Jeeves and Worcester P.G. Wodehouse. In particular, the dedication contained gratitude for the fact that «he was so kind to say that he liked my books.»
«When it comes to murder drama, there is no one more inventive than Christie.»
Sunday Times
«Mrs. Christie makes the impossible story completely real.»
The Times
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