A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players…
Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana’s private collection.
Indeed what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether…