Series: Book 29 in the Hercule Poirot series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Mystery, Lang:en
Summary
Hercule Poirot is preparing for a voyage to South America.
Looming in the doorway of his bedroom is an uninvited guest,
coated from head to foot in dust and mud. The man’s gaunt
face registers Poirot for a moment, and then he collapses. The
stranger recovers long enough to identify Poirot by name and
madly and repeatedly scribble the figure ‘4’ on a
piece of paper. Poirot cancels his trip. An investigation is in
order. Fortunately, Poirot has the faithful Captain Hastings at
his side as he plunges into a conspiracy of international scope
— one that would consolidate power in the deadly cabal
known as
‘The Big Four.’