<p>Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock and a young man''s fight to escape the hangman''s noose. Generally regarded as one of Christie''s most accomplished plays, this suspenseful thriller keeps audiences guessing until the very end.</p><p>"Once more the Christie conjuring trick has come off. Once more we have been led down the garden path. Apart from being a clever puzzle, this is an extremely actable play."</p><p>THE DAILY TELEGRAPH</p><p>"The play has all the usual advantages of Counsel in conflict, agonised outbreaks in the dock, and back-answers from the witness-box. To these are added an ingenious appendix; the jury''s verdict is only the beginning of a story that has as many twists as a pigtail."</p><p>THE OBSERVER</p>