WhilevisitingherfriendDermotinLittleAmbrose,MissMarpleisdrawnintoinvestigatingthedeathofEddieSeward,whomshe'dmetonthebusandwhoisfoundhavingapparentlydrownedintheriver.Withinafewdayshowever,thereisasecondsuspiciousdeath,thatofMaryPritchardwhoseemstohavediedfromfright.ShewasdislikedbymanyandhadrecentlycausedascenewhenherhusbandGeorgewasinauguratedastheCaptainofthelocalgolfclub.EvenDermotdislikedherasdidhersisterPhilippa,whowasonceengagedtoGeorge,whomshedescribedastheloveofherlife.PhillipaendedupmarryingGeorge'sbrother,LewisPritchard,andtheyareconstantlyhavingmoneyproblems.Athirddeath-thistimeoneofGeorgePritchard'sformermistresses-convincesInspectorSomersetthatGeorge,whoconvenientlyconfesses,isthemurderer.MissMarplethinksotherwiseandsetsouttoproveit.

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