However, the title story, an alternate version of the play The Mousetrap, has not been published in book form in the UK.

[citation needed] During a blinding snowstorm, a homicidal maniac traps a small group of people in an isolated boarding house.

Then the sisters fire their maid, Gladys, claiming she is a thief, only to have things continue to disappear.

With the help of her friend Colonel Melchett and the incredulous Inspector Slack, Miss Marple searches for the truth about who really killed Mrs. Spenlow.

[8] Characters: Doctor Haydock, the resident GP in the small village of St. Mary Mead, hopes to cheer up Miss Marple as she recovers from the flu.

Harry Lexton, the devilishly handsome black sheep son, has made good and returned to his childhood home with his new wife to start a life.

[10] Characters: When a three-year-old child is kidnapped and held for ransom, Hercule Poirot must use his little gray cells to find the truth.

Yet, when suspicion falls on the household, Poirot must face the difficult challenge of uncovering the location of the little boy.

While sitting down to dinner with an old friend, he notices the eating habits of one of the other patrons who the staff call “Old Father Time” as no one knows his name.

Mr. Satterthwaite teams up once again with the mysterious Mr. Harley Quin to discover why Sir James Dwight was murdered.