<p>They all came together in the old mansion on a dark winter night...the brilliant Scotland Yard detective...the honored old clergyman...the dazzling woman artist...the celebrated lawyer...the handsome young writer...all famous in their own ways, all haunted in their own ways. But there was another guest at the feast. Its name was Death, and is icy fingers reached out to touch the lives of everyone present-and only the remarkable Miss marple had a chance of breaeking its deadly hold before it was too late.</p>