拉里为了避免聚会的诡计对他和谢丽尔的关系反倒适得其反,而这激怒了她。为了弥补损失,他同意收留在埃德娜飓风中失去家园的布莱克一家。与此同时谢丽尔计划了她自己的派对,而拉里则选择了一个不幸的蛋糕。
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.