Plot Summary:A young couple Jiles and Molly Ralstons organize a boarding house 30 miles away from London. The opening of the institution falls on a day of heavy snowfall, so that the guests, arriving here, seem to be cut off from the world. On the radio, they report the murder of the former hostess of the farm, where the boy died from torture, but first of all this does not care much. Suddenly, a policeman arrives at the boarding house on skiing, informing that soon there will probably be a murder.
改编阿加莎的同名舞台剧剧本。1948年冬天,在一个风雪交加的下午,伦敦西二区鸽子街二十四号发生了一起凶杀案。现场线索表明杀人犯已逃亡蒙克斯威尔。就在这个傍晚,在刚刚开业的蒙克斯威尔旅馆里,年轻的雷斯顿夫妇迎来了五位奇怪的客人,凶手在其中吗?危险还存在吗?次日下午,博可夏警察局的警官屈洛特也来到旅馆,他带来了更可怕的消息……