In this intricate mystery by Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot is enlisted by the beautiful actress Jane Wilkinson to persuade her estranged husband, Lord Edgware, to grant her a divorce. Surprisingly, Lord Edgware agrees, only to be found brutally murdered shortly after. All evidence points to Jane, yet she has an unbreakable alibi. Poirot must navigate a complex world of actors, aristocrats, and deceit to uncover a cunning killer in a case where nothing is as it seems.