Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet. Suddenly, the extraordinary remark she made on the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it... But he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.