The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly -- and his sister is convinced it was murder!. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard"s funeral suddenly 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.