V starom widow je brutálne killed v parlúr of her cottage... Mrs McGinty's dead!' How did she die?' `Down on one knee, just like I!' The old children's game now seemed rather tasteless. Skutočný Mrs McGinty bol killed po zmršťovaní blow do zadku a jej pitifully malé savings boli stoličky. Suspicion falls immediately on jej lodger, hard up and out of a job. Hercule Poirot má iné myšlienky - unavér, ktorý má svoj život je teraz v obrovskej hrozbe...