畸形屋的内容简介

A new 'signature edition' of Agatha Christie's thriller, described by her as one of my best. The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare's granddaughter...

很快我就发现，怪屋之“怪” ，并不单单指怪异风格的装潢，而是整个家族中那种变形的压抑氛围。据说这个家族有着冷酷和残忍的血统遗传，杀人犯的出现并不是什么奇怪的事情……

过于年轻的女主人和家庭教师之间若有若无的恋情，索菲娅的父母那神经质而戏剧化的表现，外表高雅的克莱门西，热心的伊迪丝·哈维兰，还有那个多管闲事的小女孩……眼前的一切让我觉得迷惑，到底谁是凶手呢？律师发现老阿里斯蒂德的遗嘱奇怪地消失了，谁是把遗嘱掉包的人呢？

索菲娅告诉我，她是祖父死后最大的获益者，那么我该怀疑我那勇敢，坚强而美丽的情人吗？

在当了多年警察的父亲的指导下，我逐步揭开了怪屋内的秘密，找出了那个畸形的灵魂，原来凶手是……