A typist discovers a murdered man surrounded by clocks in a blind woman's seaside home, drawing in Hercule Poirot alongside espionage elements.
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A typist discovers a murdered man surrounded by clocks in a blind woman's seaside home, drawing in Hercule Poirot alongside espionage elements.
Sheila Webb, typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent in the seaside town of Crowdean to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks. Mrs Pebmarsh, the blind owner of No. 19, denies all knowledge of ringing Sheila’s secretarial agency and asking for her by name — yet someone did. Nor does she own that many clocks. And neither woman seems to know the victim. Colin Lamb, a young intelligence specialist working a case of his own at the nearby nav...
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Murder victim discovered with clocks arranged around the body
No profanity present
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQ+ representation
No religious themes present
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult content present
Elements of espionage and intelligence work
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Central plot involves a murder victim
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