《巴斯特·斯克鲁格斯的歌谣》(The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs)讲述一个喜欢唱歌跳舞的神枪手以一种无敌的姿态一路杀一路唱一路跳,但最终遇上了旗鼓相当的对手的故事。《阿尔戈多内斯附近》(Near Algodones)讲述一位生活在高平原之上的流浪者因为自己一无所有虚度光阴而决定抢劫银行的故事。《饭票》(Meal Ticket)讲述一个流动剧团的经理和一个没有四肢的残疾人“艺术家”之间的故事。《黄金谷》(All Gold Canyon)讲述一名教授因发现一座金矿而欣喜若狂,又因为随即到来的邪恶侵占势力而面临险境的故事。《受惊女子》(The Gal Who Got Rattled)讲述一名乘坐马车的女人需要两位俄勒冈小道的工头其中一人的帮助,并且将其当作潜在结婚对象加以考察的故事。《遗体》(The Mortal Remains)讲述五位身份不同的陌生人乘坐同一辆驿马车前往某处神秘地点的故事。
Poirot pays what appears to be a routine visit to Dr. Morley, his dentist, but shortly after he leaves the clinic, the doctor is found dead with a gunshot wound to his temple, an apparent suicide. Poirot suspects foul play, and all those who entered the doctor's offices after Poirot left are suspect. They include Alaistair Blunt, a prominent and very influential bank director, Frank Carter, a young fascist thug with a personal grudge against Morley, Mr. Amberiotis, an enigmatic recent arrival from India suffering from a toothache, and Mabelle Sainsbury-Seale, a charity worker also recently returned from India. When Amberiotis is found dead in his hotel room from an overdose of Novocaine and Sainsbury-Seale disappears, Poirot rightly expands his list of suspects and connects the crime to events that occurred in India 12 years earlier.
When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her nursing home, Tuppence is concerned by the odd behavior of some staff and residents. So when Tuppence hears about Aunt Ada's sudden death and the disappearance of her friend Mrs Lancaster, she realizes her concerns were right. Tuppence meets Miss Marple and together they follow a path of clues that lead them to the Norfolk village of Farrell St Edmund, where they find a community guarding an array of secrets. Only by getting to the bottom of these secrets do they begin to unravel the truth about the mystery of Aunt Ada's death and Mrs Lancaster's disappearance.