名苑社区是为精英人士准备的，官员、高级经理、剧院名伶及其家人仆人都住在这里。菲利莫诺夫家的保姆被谋杀，打破了社区的正常生活。这让邻居们互相猜疑，怀疑他们把最宝贵的东西--孩子，所托付之人是否完美无缺。在调查过程中，"本地警察女王 "伊丽莎维塔-叶戈罗夫娜逐渐发现，名苑社区的每个人都有自己的秘密和杀人动机。

名苑社区是为精英人士准备的，官员、高级经理、剧院名伶及其家人仆人都住在这里。菲利莫诺夫家的保姆被谋杀，打破了社区的正常生活。这让邻居们互相猜疑，怀疑他们把最宝贵的东西--孩子，所托付之人是否完美无缺。在调查过程中，"本地警察女王 "伊丽莎维塔-叶戈罗夫娜逐渐发现，名苑社区的每个人都有自己的秘密和杀人动机。

A lavish weekend party sees Miss Marple accompany Lady Virginia Revel to her family home of Chimneys - a house which was once prized for its diplomatic gatherings until a rare diamond was stolen from the premises over twenty years ago. The tenacious career politician, George Lomax, has persuaded Virginia's father, Lord Caterham, to host an evening for an important Austrian Count, Ludwig Von Stainach. Virginia, the daughter of Miss Marple's late cousin, must decide by the end of the weekend whether to accept a marriage proposal from George Lomax or to follow her heart and the courtship of another more adventurous suitor, Anthony Cade. Dismayed by the odd array of guests, including socialist spinster Miss Blenkinsopp, Caterham's formidable eldest daughter Bundle and the quietly inscrutable maidservant Treadwell, Lomax castigates his affable assistant Bill Eversleigh, who also has a soft spot for Virginia. It becomes apparent that Count Ludwig has taken a personal interest in Chimneys.

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