Synopses & Reviews
Elinor Carlisle once had money, happiness, and a wonderful fiance, but now she's on trial for murder. Hercule Poirot is called in to sift through clues and red herrings, searching for the complex truth hidden within a maze of deceit.
Review
The clues are placed with impeccable fairness, and the solution will cause many readers to kick themselves. (Times Literary Supplement)
Review
Elegiac, emotionally involving and the ingenuity and superb cluing put Sad Cypress among the very best of [Christie's] classic titles. (Robert Barnard)
Synopsis
A woman stands accused of murder. Only Hercule Poirot is convinced of her innocence. But his fight to save her life takes him into the shadows of her dreadful family secret.