This is the sequel to "Chances" and "Lucky". Panther Studios is the prize and Lucky wants it. In her quest for power she goes undercover as a secretary at the studios - and meets friends, competitors, enemies and betrayers. Will her fourth marriage to comedy actor Lennie Golden survive?
Poirot was present when Jane bragged of her plan to "get rid of" her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man is dead. And yet the great Belgian detective can't help feeling that he is being taken for a ride - how can she have stabbed him to death at the same time she was seen dining with friends?