Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct but it''s a feeling she just can''t explain...or get away from. In desperation she summons her old friend Hercule Poirot - and her instincts are soon proved correct when the pretend murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real a rope wrapped tightly around her neck. But it''s the great detective who first discovers that in murder hunts whether mock or real everyone is playing a part.