Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder. He blackmails a scoundrel he used to know into strangling her for a fee of one thousand pounds, and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself.

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"...original and remarkably good theatre -- quiet in style but tingling with excitement underneath."

 The New York Times

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"It's a holiday for the whodunit fans, and, as such, it couldn't be more welcome."

 NY Herald-Tribune