Norma Restarick, a Third Girl ( i.e., sharing the flat with two others ), is not remarkable in anyway and yet she rivets Poirot's attention when she goes to him with a 'murder she might have committed'. Not stopping there, she wounds Poirot's pride by exclaiming that he's too old, forcing Poirot to embark upon a case when he's not sure that there indeed is a case. Assisting Poirot is the lady detective-story writer, Ariadne Oliver, that very endearing self-caricature of Christie. She attempts to find out more and ends up getting herself knocked on the head when she's tailing a beatnik who apparently is a friend of Norma. Matters comes to a head when the same, rather dressy, young man, is found killed in Norma's flat, with her holding the bloody knife. It's now up to Poirot to explain the mystery.

RELEASE NOTES:

Ergens op of rond het Heemraadsplein.