我在埃及遇上了索菲娅,此后她成为了我心爱的女子,然而我对她的家庭背景等一无所知。有一次,她终于肯开口对我说,她住在伦敦郊外的一个富豪住宅区,住在一幢歪歪扭扭的畸形小屋里…… 回到英国之后,索菲娅陷入了一起杀人案中,她那极其有钱而脾气怪诞的老祖父阿里斯蒂德被人谋杀了,怪屋里的每一个人都有着动机和嫌疑。为了让索菲娅摆脱这件令人烦恼的事情,我巧妙地找了个借口,进入利奥尼兹家族的怪屋中调查真相。 内容简介
A new 'signature edition' of Agatha Christie's thriller, described by her as one of my best. The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare's granddaughter...
很快我就发现,怪屋之“怪”,并不单单指怪异风格的装潢,而是整个家族中那种变形的压抑氛围。据说这个家族有着冷酷和残忍的血统遗传,杀人犯的出现并不是什么奇怪的事情……