A high-spirited country-house romp that turns to murder. A practical joke — seven alarm clocks set to rouse a hopeless late riser — ends with one clock gone and the sleeper dead, launching the fearless Bundle Brent on a breakneck chase. Written in the aftermath of the year Agatha Christie herself vanished for eleven days while the press hunted her, it is a thriller rather than a pure puzzle, and all the more fun for it. This edition presents the complete and unabridged novel, newly typeset and illustrated with 37 full-page color plates.