A young woman's corpse is dumped in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Jane Marple's friend Dolly Bantry and her husband Arthur. Pompous Chief Constable Melchett suspects a connection with Basil Blake, an arty young man who lives locally but Blake is dismissive when Melchett visits him. Then Superintendent Harper rings from the coastal town of Danemouth. Ruby Keane, a young girl employed as a dancer at the Majestic Hotel there, has gone missing, and her cousin Josie Turner identifies the corpse as Ruby's. Ruby is in favour with millionaire Conway Jefferson, whose own son and daughter were killed in a wartime air raid, and he wants to adopt her. His son-in-law Mark Gaskell, and daughter-in-law Adelaide react variously to the news. Miss Marple is convinced that the solution to Ruby's murder may be found at the hotel and she and Dolly book into a suite to investigate.
Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that was believed by her grandfather to be proof that the South won the Civil War.
人烟稀少的山间路上,男人(卢克·伊万斯 Luke Evans 饰)和妻子驾驶驾驶汽车漫无目的前行。途中他们在小酒馆休息,遭到弗林(德里克·迈戈雅 Derek Magyar 饰)等匪帮的骚扰。当再次上路时,弗林一众突然驾车袭击了这对夫妇,并将他们掳回自己的巢穴。 恶毒的匪徒在男人面前残忍杀害了其妻子,令人备感意外的是男人突然豹变,轻松干掉行凶的恶徒。与此同时,匪帮在夫妇的车中发现一个被捆绑起来的女子,对方是在一起震惊全国的血型杀人案中失踪的艾玛•沃德(阿德莱德·克莱蒙丝 Adelaide Clemens 饰)。
形势急转直下,人多势众的匪帮反倒成为被猎杀的目标,也许他们惹到了实在不该惹的一个人……