Muri iki gihe, ibitabo by'uyu mwamikazi w'icyongereza warashizeho byabaye abantu ba kera kandi bake ntibamenyereye akazi ke, ariko akenshi twibagirwa ko muri buri gitabo cyerekana imiterere ye, impuruza ye kandi urukundo rwe. Niki cyemereye agate chiedie kuba uwo yabaye, niba atari urukundo?
Umuryango wa Agatha wari wuje urukundo kandi urupfu rwa se ni abakire rwose. Agatha yari umukobwa woroheje kandi wisoni, wayishyize mu bandi bagize umuryango. Ariko, birakwiye ko tumenya ko yarashimishije cyane, yakinnye neza kuri Piyano akurura urubyiruko rwakunze kumukunda. Agatha ntabwo yari umugozi wumutima, ariko mbere yubukwe na Archibald Christi, yashoboye gukundana cyane nabakozi batatu.
Byari iruhande rwa Archibald, kunshuro ya mbere yihutisha mu nyandiko, nubwo umugabo we yabanje kwibumbira uyu mushinga, ariko mu bashakanye ko yabaye umwanditsi w'icyamamare. Umubano we umaze imyaka irenga 10, yakundaga byimazeyo umugabo we kandi yakundaga byimazeyo kumugambanira mugenzi we kuri Golf nancy Neal, niba atashimangiye gutandukana, ibyo atashakaga na gato. Archibald yashakaga kuvuga cyane mu buzima bwe no kugenda kwe yumva ubusa bwo guhorana, n'umukobwa we Rosalind ntashobora kuzuzwa. Ariko mubyukuri bifite akamaro mubuzima bwumwamikazi wa SERICTHURWA ni ubukwe bwe bwa kabiri, wateye urusaku rwinshi muri societe.
Max Mallova yabaye urukundo rwabyibushye cyane mubuzima bwumwanditsi. Nta gushidikanya ko yari ashimishije, umunyabwenge kandi asa na nyakubahwa nyabo. Yakundanye cyane archeologiya kandi igihe kinini yitaye kuri Agatha Christi, yasaga nkaho atitaye ku ishyaka rye. Ariko ikigaragara ni uko gushyingirwa hamwe na Max bishobora guhinduka urukozasoni nyabo: muri societe yo muri kiriya gihe azajyanwa na Mesallians, kubera ko Max yari afite imyaka 14, abato kurenza umugore we uzwi, kandi ahagaze ku cyiciro cyo hasi. Muri kiriya gihe, gushyingirwa duhereye ku myitwarire mibereho mu ruziga rwo hejuru ntibyemewe.
Ariko, abashakanye bakomeje guhuriza hamwe rwihishwa no gushyingirwa muri Edinburgh. Birashoboka, kuri Agata Christie yari ishyingiranwa ryiza, kuko yakundaga Max kugeza imperuka yubuzima bwe. Nta gushidikanya ko yamukunze, kuko yasangiye ubuzima bwe bwose n'ibyo akunda, agenda mu burengerazuba bwo hagati, yimurira akamaro k'umurimo we utoroshye. Ndamushimira gusa, izina rye rihagaze mu ruhererekane rw'amazina y'abacukuzi bakomeye.
Turashobora kuvuga ko Agatha Christie yashyize ibintu byose ku gicaniro cyurukundo akunda umugabo we, ariko niba atabikoze, ntabwo byaba ari ibyanditswe neza ibitabo byahindutse ibimenyetso kandi byerekana neza ubuzima bwigihe.