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故事简介(英文书籍)
Poirot'sacquaintance,themysterywriterAriadneOliver,provideshimwithanumberofkeycluesinthenovel,beginningwiththeidentityofthegirl,NormaRestarick,whomshehadmetataparty.Mrs.OliverandPoirotbegintoinvestigateNorma,butsoonfindthatshehasapparentlygonemissing.Mrs.Olivermeetsthegirlswithwhomshesharesaflatat67BorodeneMansions:ClaudiaReece-Holland(whoturnsouttobesecretarytoNorma'sfather)andFrancesCary,anartsygirlwithlong,darkhairthatfallsacrossherface.NeitherhasseenNormarecently.Poirot(visitingherpaternalgreatuncle’shomeinLongBasing)findsthatherfatherandstepmotheralsohavenoideawhereshehasgone.PoirotdoesmeetDavidBaker,Norma’sboyfriend,inthehouse,andseesthatNorma’sstepmother,Mary,ishighlyannoyedtodiscoverhimthere.PoirotalsomeetsNorma’spaternalgreat-uncle,SirRoderickHorsfield,whoiselderlyandhaspooreyesight.Norma’sfather,Andrew,hasbeenstayingwithSirRodericksincereturningfromAfrica,wherehehadmadeavastfortune. |
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