The Clocks
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In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot investigates the strange case of a corpse surrounded by numerous timepieces in a blind woman's house.
Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent--not the body of a middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or of owning all the clocks that surround the body, it's clear that they are going to need a very good detective.
"This crime is so complicated that it must be quite simple," declares Poirot. But there's a murderer on the loose, and time is ticking away....
在這部來自謎案天后的獨家授權版中，赫丘勒•白羅調查了一件奇案，該案發生在一位盲女家中，有具屍體被許多的鐘錶圍繞著。
希拉•韋伯本以為會在威爾布拉罕彎街十九號找到一位體面的盲人女士在等她--而不是躺在客廳地板上一具中年男子的屍體。但是，老佩瑪許小姐自始就否認她有找她過來，也不承認屍體周圍的那些時鐘是她的，很明顯地她們都需要一位非常優秀的偵探。
白羅宣稱：“這件看似複雜的罪案其實很簡單。”但是兇手正逍遙法外，而時間一點一滴在流逝……
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