Petty thefts are followed by brutal but mysterious murders at a student hostel in Hickory Road. Even the ingenious little grey cells of Poirot's mind find the circumstances difficult to comprehend: What is the significance of the slashed rucksack, the stolen light-bulbs, and the lethal morphine tartrate which is substituted for an unsuspecting student's sleeping powder? Only a small mouse bears witness to the ruthless activities of a murderer prepared to go to any lengths to conceal a deadly past.
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